United States
                Environmental Protection
                Agency
                Office of
                Administration and
                Resources Management
July 1388

  202R88101
&EPA
Training  Catalogue

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                             Foreword
The EPA Institute was established by an October
1985  directive of Administrator Lee  M. Thomas.
Since its inception, the Institute has  provided in-
house training to EPA employees. Under this in-
novative concept, EPA employees are trained to
share their expertise with others in program-
specific and generic courses.

Recently, the EPA Institute concept was expanded
to encompass all training activities that are avail-
able to EPA employees. Our intent is to provide
Agency personnel a single source for information
about training and developmental opportunities.
The Institute will also serve as the focal point for
delivery of training to the States.

In issuing this catalogue, the Institute is taking a
significant step in fulfilling its expanded mission.
Included here are not only courses sponsored by
the Institute but training  programs from
numerous sources,  on topics ranging from
employee wellness to dispersion modeling.  The
broad scope of the catalogue is testimony to the
variety of training available to Agency employees
and to the growing recognition  of the importance
of a well-trained workforce.

We hope you find this catalogue a useful tool for
taking advantage of the wide variety of training
opportunities available to you. If you have  any
suggestions for improving this  catalogue,  please
let us know.
                 Charles L. Grizzle
                 Assistant Administrator
                 Office of Administration and
                 Resources Management

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                                        Introduction
Purpose
               This catalogue Illustrates the variety of training
               available within the Environmental Protection
               Agency today. It is the first document of its kind
               within the Agency, and while every effort has been
               made to be as inclusive as possible, it makes no
               claim to be exhaustive. The catalogue was com-
               piled  from  catalogues and course  listings from
               every identifiable source—Regions, program of-
               fices,  the Air Pollution Training Institute, and so
               on.

               In the time it takes to make a compilation such as
               this, course offerings change. A printed catalogue
               cannot keep up with these changes. In the near
               future, an automated catalogue will be available
               that will include more detail and can be more easi-
               ly updated.

               This  catalogue can  serve as  an important
               resource. Users looking for training in a particular
               field may find training possibilities of which they
               were previously unaware. Users who have some
               training responsibilities may find another region
               has developed a course that would  be helpful in
               their own areas. A phone call to the appropriate
               training office may cut development time and cost
               considerably.

               The  intended audience  for  this catalogue is
               primarily EPA employees. However, States and re-
               lated  associations will also find the catalogue a
               useful tool in the areas of "Science and Technol-
               ogy." Non-EPA employees should contact the local
               training office or sponsor for more information
               about those courses.

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How To Use This Catalogue	


               Courses are  listed In alphabetical order within
               broad subject areas: Science  and Technology
               (with various subcategories); Legal,  Regulatory
               and Enforcement; Health and  Safety; Manage-
               ment Development; Communications; Contracts
               and Finance; Personal and Professional Develop-
               ment; Secretarial and Support Staff Development;
               and Computers/ADP. A separate chapter lists cor-
               respondence, self-instructional, and slide-tape
               courses alphabetically within subject areas.

               Generally, courses are listed only once, although
               some cross-referencing is provided. If you do not
               find a course where you expect to, look under a re-
               lated subject (Personal and Professional Develop-
               ment rather than Management Development, for
               example), or check the alphabetical index.

               In compiling this catalogue, similar courses were
               combined  under one entry. For example, all
               timekeeping courses have been consolidated Into
               one listing. Sometimes the same course is known
               by different titles In different Regions (for example.
               Environmental Databases—An Introduction and
               Where's the Data?) When combining courses, we
               have used the title which we felt to be most
               generally  descriptive  (Environmental Data
               Bases—An Introduction, In the example above).

               Each entry gives a brief course description, length
               of course, target audience, and the course spon-
               sor and/or locations where the course Is offered.
               Length, particularly, varies from location to loca-
               tion; the length shown for a course offered  In
               several places may not  be accurate  for a given
               location. For more specific information on length,
               availability, and course content, or for referral to
               the  appropriate contact,  check with the local
               training  office or program office contact. Phone
               numbers are given In the following boxes.

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Introduction
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Training Office Contacts
Headquarters EPA
Institute
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10
Research Triangle Park
Cincinnati
Las Vegas
NEIC
Ann Arbor
FTS 475-6678
FTS 835-3393
FTS 264-0593
FTS 597-8924
FTS 257-3486
FTS 886-7535
FTS 255-6560
FTS 757-2821
FTS 564- 1499
FTS 454-8016
FTS 399-2955
FTS 629-4393
FTS 684-7807
FTS 545-2414
FTS 776-51 14
FTS 374-8308
202-475-6678
617-565-3393
212-264-0593
215-597-8924
404-347-3486
312-886-7535
214-655-6560
913-236-2821
303-293-1499
415-974-8016
206-442-2955
919-541-4393
513-569-7807
702-798-2414
303-236-5114
313-668-4220

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                 EPA Training Catalogue
 National Program Contacts
 Headquarters EPA
 Institute

 Risk Forum (ORD)
 (Risk  Assessment
 Guidelines)

 Risk Training Office
 (OPPE)

 National Computer
 Center

 APTI

 OSWER

 Edison, NJ, Lab
 (Safety Training)

 Inspector Training
 (OPPE)

 Headquarters ORD

 Office of Civil Rights
FTS 475-6678




FTS 475-6743


FTS 382-4030


FTS 629-3970

FTS 629-2401

FTS 382-4515


FTS 340-6745


FTS 382-7550

FTS 382-7669

FTS 382-5669
202-475-6678



202-475-6743


202-382-2747


919-541-3970

919-541-2401

202-382-4515


201-321-6745


202-382-7550

202-382-7669

202-382-5669

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                          Table of Contents
Foreword                                        HI
Introduction                                     v
Science and Technology                          1
   Air and Radiation                                3
   Cross-Media                                   21
   Hazardous Materials and Incident Response            33
   Quality Assurance/Quality Control                   43
   Risk                                         51
   Solid and Hazardous Wastes                        59
   Water and Groundwater                          79
Legal, Regulatory, and Enforcement                91
Health and Safety                              111
Personal and Professional Development            125
Secretarial and Support Staff Development         155
Management Development                      173
Communications                               209
Contracts and Finance                          229
Computer/ADP                                 243

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Self-Instruction, Correspondence, and
Slide-Tape Courses                                253

Appendixes                                       277

    Appendix A—Headquarters Library Videotape
    Supplement (May 1988)                             279

    Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor      287

Index                                             343

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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    TECHNOLOGY
Air and  Radiation

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                            Table of Contents
Science and Technology—Air and Radiation





    Air Management Division Lecture Series                 7



    Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Application             7



    Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Fundamental Concepts   8



    Air Pollution Microscopy                             8



    Air Toxics                                         8



    Air Toxics—An Introduction                           9



    Air Toxics Workshops                                9



    Analytical Methods for Air Quality Standards             9



    Atmospheric Sampling                              10



    Combustion Evaluation                             10



    Control Measures for CO, Oa, and NOX                 11



    Control of Gaseous Emissions                        11



    Control of Particulate Emissions                      12



    Environmental Radon                               12



    Fugitive VOC Leak Detection                         13



    Hazardous Waste Calculations Workshop               13



    Hazardous Waste Incineration                        13

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    Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Antitampering and
    Misfueling                                          14

    Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Diagnosis and Repair   15

    Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Quality Assurance
    for I / M Programs                                    15

    Principles and Practice of Air Pollution Control           16

    Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measurement
    Systems                                            16

    Radiation and Radon                                 17

    Site-Specific Source Monitoring and Evaluation for Air
    Toxics                                             17

    Sources and Control of Volatile Organic Air Pollutants     17

    Source Receptor Modeling Workshop                    18

    Source Sampling and Analysis of Gaseous Pollutants     18

    Source Sampling for Particulate Pollutants              19

    Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of Air Toxics
    Monitoring Data                                     19

    Statistical Evaluation Methods for Air Pollution Data      20

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                   Science and Technology
Air and Radiation
        Air Management Division Lecture Series	

               This series of lectures covers AMD-related topics
               such as asbestos/air toxics, inspection and main-
               tenance  program/TCMs, meteorology/modeling,
               the permitting process, SIP development, and 105
               grants/audits. The series also offers an introduc-
               tion tothe Air Toxics Office, the Air Operations
               Branch,  the division's front office, and the Air
               Programs Branch.

               Length: 1-2 hours

               Target audience; All interested employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

        Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Application

               In this lecture  course, students will become
               familiar with selected theories of dispersion as
               employed in current modeling practice (UNAMAP)
               and with the application of plume rise and disper-
               sion formulas to actual situations. Students will
               review the accuracy of calculations based  on
               Pasquill's method  and will apply the concepts
               employed in selected dispersion models for point,
               area, and line sources. Case studies will be part of
               the course.

               Length: 41/2 days

               Target audience:  Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APT!

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Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Fundamental Concepts

       With case-study and problem-solving exercises,
       students address selected basic problems in air
       quality impact analysis such as meteorological in-
       strument siting to obtain representative observa-
       tions, industrial plant  siting to minimize the
       impact of pollutant discharge on receptors, cal-
       culation of continuous-release  pollutant con-
       centrations, calculation of plume rise, etc.

       Length: 41/2 days

       Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

       Sponsor/location: APTI

Air Pollution Microscopy

       This course, which has both laboratory and lec-
       ture components, includes material designed to
       give the student knowledge of the effective use of
       the polarizing microscope in identifying airborne
       particulate  matter. Sample collection and han-
       dling, physical optics, illumination, particle mor-
       phology, and analytical microscopy are discussed.

       Length: 41/2 days

       Target audience: Chemists, engineers, tech-
       nicians, and others responsible for the collection
       and identification of airborne particulate matter

       Sponsor/location: APTI

Air Toxics	

       Topics to be discussed in this course are health ef-
       fects of air toxics and emission sources;  regula-
       tions of the Clean Air Act, RCRA, and TSCA; and
       the air pollution problems in Region 3.

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               Length: 2 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

         Air Toxics—An Introduction

               This lecture course covers the fundamental con-
               cepts of toxicology, ambient monitoring, source
               assessment, exposure assessment, risk assess-
               ment,  and regulatory  issues pertaining to air
               toxics.

               Length: 31/2 days

               Target audience: Professionals  entering the
               toxic air pollution control field and others desiring
               an overview of air toxics

               Sponsor/location: APT!

         Air Toxics Workshops	

               A series of workshops  for Agency and industry
               personnel will present  the state of the art  of
               knowledge  and expertise in this  area. The
               workshop will serve to accelerate communications
               among those working in the hazardous and air
               toxics field.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience:  Industry representatives and
               regulators

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; Region 9

         Analytical Methods for Air Quality Standards	

               This laboratory course emphasizes the reference
               and equivalent methods for air quality standards,

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               including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone,
               and carbon monoxide. Quality  assurance
               programs are introduced, and calibration of con-
               tinuous analyzers is covered. Laboratory proce-
               dures and  principles taught  include  the
               nondispersive infrared method for carbon
               monoxide; the coulometric, flame photometric,
               and UV fluorescent methods for sulfur  com-
               pounds; the  chemiluminescent method and UV
               calibration procedure for ozone;  and the
               chemiluminescent method for nitrogen dioxide.

               Length: 5 days

               Target audience: Chemists and technicians
               responsible for sampling and analysis of ambient
               air

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Atmospheric Sampling	

               Topics which are discussed in lectures and inves-
               tigated in laboratories include methods of calibra-
               tion, use of flow rate measuring instruments,
               general techniques for sampling the atmosphere,
               and reference methods for sampling and analyz-
               ing criteria pollutants.

               Length: 41/2  days

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Combustion Evaluation	

               Students successfully completing this course will
               understand combustion principles and the more
               significant design influences on achievement of
               combustion  efficiency. The course  emphasizes
               problem sessions in which students make the

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               basic chemical/thermodynamlc calculations In-
               volved in checking design.

               Length: 41/2 days

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Control Measures for CO, Os, and NOX _

               This entry-level, classroom workshop presents a
               view of the major control measures utilized to at-
               tain and maintain  the National Ambient Air
               Quality Standards for carbon monoxide, ozone,
               and nitrogen oxides. The lessons include informa-
               tion about these pollutants, their sources and ef-
               fects, the control activities which are utilized to
               reduce their concentrations in the atmosphere,
               measurement techniques, regulatory activities,
               enforcement techniques, and other related topics.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Employees with a background
               in transportation planning, mobile source or sta-
               tionary source control planning, and air pollution
               control planning

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Control of Gaseous Emissions _

               Students  successfully completing this lecture
               course will be able to evaluate systems typically
               employed for controlling emissions of gaseous pol-
               lutants including systems operation and review of
               permit applications. A primary focus of the course
               is on calculations that are needed to check system
               design. The course develops understanding of the
               process factors  that  guide selection of control
               devices for various abatement requirements and

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                develops ability to select and size a gaseous pol-
                lutant control device.

                Length: 4 days

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location: APTI

         Control of Particulote Emissions	

                In this lecture course, students will acquire  (1)
                knowledge of the types of devices available for par-
                ticulate control; (2) an understanding of how the
                devices work and of the influences on control ef-
                ficiency; (3) ability to  perform the calculations
                necessary to determine control efficiency; and (4)
                ability  to select and size a particulate pollutant
                control device.

                Length: 4 days

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location; APTI

         Environmental Radon	

                This course covers all aspects of radon, including
                general properties, units, radioactive decay equa-
                tions,  history,  uses, sources,  exposure levels,
                dosimetry, animal and human effects, mitigation
                methods, risk assessment, and policy. The course
                is based on a new book about  radon which is
                being written by the Instructors.

                Length: 11/2 days

                Target audience: EPA scientists, attorneys, en-
                vironmental protection specialists, and other EPA
                staff who want to learn about radon.

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               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Fugitive VOC Leak Detection	

               This course presents an overview of the organic
               chemicals, fugitive emission points, monitoring
               equipment,  quality assurance procedures,  and
               the design of inspections. Hands-on demonstra-
               tions of the most commonly used monitoring
               equipment are included.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Engineering and field monitor-
               ing personnel

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Hazardous Waste Calculations Workshop	

               This course is based on the self-study course
               "Hazardous Waste Calculations."  Students make
               calculations using a computer model based on the
               principles of hazardous waste combustion and are
               encouraged to bring problems to the course for in-
               dependent study. Topics include computer model
               design, input parameters and data, Interpretation
               of the model's output, and customizing the model.


               Length: 2 1/2 days

               Target audience: Permit review  engineers  and
               control systems design specialists

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Hazardous Waste Incineration

               This course offers the student a  comprehensive
               review of the theoretical, practical, and technical
               aspects of hazardous waste incineration.  This

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                course features lectures on the basic concepts
                and principles,  workbook calculations,  case
                studies, and project design for hazardous waste
                incineration. Emphasis will be on calculations
                and practical exercises related to design, testing,
                and operation of hazardous waste incineration
                facilities. A workbook with over 50 application-
                oriented problems with solutions will be provided,
                along with a comprehensive student manual.

                Length: 4 days

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location: APTI; Region 2

         Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Antitampering and
         Misfueling	

                The purpose of this laboratory course is to provide
                the automotive emissions  control inspector the
                technical background and knowledge necessary
                to perform tampering and misfueling inspections.
                Visual and physical techniques for determining
                compliance status will be  presented. Individual
                control  systems  will be discussed,  along with
                methods of detecting tampering or component
                failure.

                Length: 3 days

                Target audience: Automotive emissions control
                inspectors

                Sponsor/location: APTI

         Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Diagnosis and Repair

                This course features hands-on laboratory exer-
                cises as well as lectures and demonstration on the
                diagnosis and repair of motor vehicle emission
                control systems. The successful student will have

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               a working knowledge of the causes and effects of
               motor vehicle  emission control system failures
               and will understand the relationships  among
               various control systems, how they work, and the
               appropriate diagnostic procedure for each. The
               course requires some experience with motor
               vehicle engines and electrical systems; it is not an
               overview or basic course.

               Length: 5 days

               Target audience: Personnel    who   train
               mechanics as  part of the State plan to  control
               mobile source emissions

               Sponsor/location; APTI

         Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Quality Assurance for
         I/M Programs	

               This course is designed to present some of the
               background and technical Information used by
               new inspection  and maintenance program
               auditors In carrying out their duties and respon-
               sibilities.  Course materials and lectures will
               provide the students with Information typically
               needed for performing audits, including general
               information about automotive emissions and their
               controls, technical information on emissions con-
               trol equipment  commonly tampered with,
               guidelines on tampering- inspection procedures,
               general Information on the role of auditors, and
               general information for conducting a regular In-
               spection-station audit.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: New inspection and  main-
               tenance program auditors

               Sponsor/location: APT!

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         Principles and Practice of Air Pollution Control	

                This entry-level classroom course deals with the
                principles and practice of air pollution control.
                The course presents a broad view  of all major
                practical aspects of air pollution control. Lessons
                include  information about pollutants, pollutant
                sources,  effects of pollution,  dispersion of pollu-
                tion, legal authority for air pollution  control,
                measurement and control of emissions,  enforce-
                ment of regulations, inspections, implementation
                plans, and other related topics. In the APTI cur-
                riculum, this is a recommended  background
                course for all areas of study.

                Length: 3 1/2 days

                Target audience:  Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location; APTI; Region 2

         Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measurement Systems

                Examples of ambient air monitoring  activities are
                used to  present the basic quality management
                principles and techniques applicable to air pollu-
                tion monitoring systems. A group problem allows
                students to apply their knowledge In the develop-
                ment of a comprehensive quality assurance plan
                for a hypothetical ambient air monitoring project.

                Length: 4 days

                Target audience: Quality  assurance coor-
                dinators or managers, field or laboratory super-
                visors, and technicians involved  with quality
                assurance activities or responsibilities

                Sponsor/location; APTI

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         Radiation and Radon	

               This course offers an Introduction to radiological
               health terms and health effects. It includes a dis-
               cussion of the role of the States, EPA, and other
               Federal agencies; basing of nuclear power plants;
               and emergency response planning.  Current is-
               sues  such as radon in local areas will be  dis-
               cussed.

               Length: 2 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

         Site-Specific Source Monitoring and Evaluation for Air
         Toxics	

               This lecture course emphasizes the methods and
               procedures currently being used in the field. Case
               studies feature lagoon  emissions, hazardous
               waste site evaluation, and  a source  receptor
               evaluation for a chemical manufacturing facility.

               Length: 4 1/2 days

               Target audience: First-line supervisors and field
               personnel who perform sampling study designs,
               sampling, analysis,  and investigations of sites
               with potential air toxics problems

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Sources and Control of Volatile Organic Air Pollutants

               The student successfully completing this course
               will be able to evaluate systems typically employed
               for the  control of volatile organic emissions in-
               cluding systems in operation and as represented
               in VOC control plans. The course emphasizes cal-
               culations  needed to check  system efficiency.

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                Course content draws heavily from EPA Control
                Technique Guidelines, and it has been updated to
                include recent NSPS regulations.

                Length: 4 days

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location: APTI

         Source Receptor Modeling Workshop	

                This lecture course employs a hands-on training
                approach. Students are urged to bring their own
                receptor modeling problems. Emphasis will be
                placed  on interpretation of  receptor modeling
                results.

                Length: 3 days

                Target audience: Air pollution control agency
                planning and analysis personnel

                Sponsor/location: APT!

         Source Sampling and Analysis of Gaseous Pollutants

                This course presents the principles and techni-
                ques necessary for gaseous sampling and analysis
                of source pollutants, as outlined in Reference
                Methods 6,  7, and 11 of the New Source Perfor-
                mance Standards. In addition, students are given
                experience in problem solving  and application,
                using EPA Reference Methods 1. 2, 3, and 4. The
                course  is designed around laboratory exercises,
                which familiarize the student with analytical pro-
                cedures for  determination of gaseous pollutants.
                Students perform  extraction, recovery,  and
                analysis of various pollutants to determine their
                concentration. Lectures cover theory and applica-
                tion of gaseous source testing.

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                Length: 4 days

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location; APTI

         Source Sampling for Porticulate Pollutants	

                This course develops ability to plan for, guide,
                evaluate, and (after experience on the job) perform
                source sampling measurements to determine
                rates  of  participate emissions from stationary
                sources.  The  course details and clarifies EPA
                Reference Methods 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Instruction
                relies heavily on laboratory exercises where stu-
                dents work with stack sampling equipment. They
                perform components of the various methods,  ex-
                tract a sample from an actual or simulated stack,
                and make calculations necessary in sampling pro-
                cedure and for reporting test results.

                Length: 41/2  days

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location: APTI

         Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of Air Toxics
         Monitoring Data	

                This lecture course is designed to provide practi-
                cal  experience in analyzing  and interpreting a
                wide variety of  air toxics monitoring data. It
                reviews  the fundamental problems associated
                with limited quantities of data, the statistical tools
                for analyzing such data sets in various ways,  the
                various analyses available, and the most effective
                interpretive techniques.

                Length: 3 days

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

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                Sponsor/location: APTI

         Statistical Evaluation Methods for Air Pollution Data	

                This course is intended to provide the student
                with an understanding of the statistical concepts
                and procedures needed for the detailed analysis of
                air pollution data. All topics  are illustrated with
                examples based on air quality data. Students are
                given in-class  exercises to  promote  a working
                knowledge of the procedures being discussed.

                Length: 41/2 days

                Target audience: Professionals responsible for
                collection,  analysis,  and interpretation of air
                quality data

                Sponsor/location: APTI

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Cross-Media

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Science and Technology—Cross-Media	


   Acid Rain: An Overview                             25

   Applied Statistics                                 25

   Basic Environmental Toxicology                      26

   Biotechnology Seminars                            26

   Chemodynamics                                  26

   Compliance Strategy for Underground Storage Tanks     27

   Environmental Data Bases—An Introduction            27

   EPA—University of Cincinnati Seminars
   on the Environment                               28

   Epidemiology                                     28

   Expert Systems                                   28

   Field Instrumentation for Determination
   of Volatile Organic Chemicals in the Environment        29

   Human Exposure Seminars                         29

   Information Exchange Seminar (USGS-EPA)            30

   Mechanisms of Carcinogens (Genetic Toxicology)         30

   Science Seminar Program                           31

   Statistics for Managers                              31

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        Acid Rain: An Overview
               This  course familiarizes participants with the
               causes of acid rain and the state of current re-
               search into its effects on our environment. Other
               topics include current acid rain legislation efforts
               in Congress, the status of negotiations between
               the United States and Canada, and acid rain in
               Region 3.

               Length: 2 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

        Applied Statistics	

               In this course, state-of-the-art developments from
               a multitude of disciplines are covered, including
               computer-based techniques. Participants will be
               able to Identify capabilities in pattern recognition,
               cluster analysis, and other multtvariate techni-
               ques that can be applied to Agency problems re-
               lated   to  data  analysis   and   quality
               assurance/quality control.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Scientific and technical staff

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

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         Basic Environmental Toxicology	

               This course Includes a discussion of the effects of
               hazardous materials on individuals and the en-
               vironment. It is designed to benefit  those who
               could use fundamental  instruction  in  organic
               chemistry as it applies to priority pollutants.

               Length: 75 minutes per week for 15 weeks

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

         Biotechnology Seminars	

               This seminar series focuses on issues of current
               interest to scientists. Topics  include information
               on DMA techniques, microblal  technology, fate
               and transport  of microorganisms, ecology,
               microcosm development, pathogenlcity and detec-
               tion of clroorganisms.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Biotechnical specialists

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

         Chemodynomics	

               This course provides a better understanding of the
               behavior of manmade chemicals in the material
               environment. Content includes equalization of en-
               vironmental interfaces; transport fundamentals;
               chemical exchange rates between air and water,
               between water and adjoining earth material, be-
               tween air and soil; intraphase chemical transport
               with a homogeneous medium; review of addition-
               al transport process in the environment; modeling
               of the process.

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               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Employees whose work is con-
               cerned with chemicals in the geosphere.

               Sponsor/location; Cincinnati

         Compliance Strategy for Underground Storage Tanks

               A  seminar series will be developed for the
               regulators (Federal and State agency personnel)
               and the regulated community (underground-tank
               owners and operators) presenting leak detection
               and prevention methods, and techniques for cor-
               rective actions.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Federal and State agency per-
               sonnel  and underground-tank  owners and
               operators

               Sponsor/location: ORD; OSWER; Region 2

         Environmental Data Bases—An Introduction	

               This course is an introduction to the environmen-
               tal data bases that are available on the online
               computer systems through commercial vendors.
               The course will introduce the full range of vendors
               and the  data bases each one offers. Participants
               receive a handbook that gives detailed descrip-
               tions of each data base.

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience: Professional  and technical
               staff who use computer data base information in
               their jobs

               Sponsor/location: Regions 5,9

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         EPA—University of Cincinnati Seminars on the
         Environment

               This seminar series focuses on a variety of pollu-
               tion control issues of current Interest. Topics in-
               clude legal and regulatory aspects, state of the art,
               economics, and risk assessment.

               Length: 1-2 hours

               Target audience: All technical specialists, scien-
               tists, and engineers

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

         Epidemiology	

               This is a graduate-level course designed to convey
               the concepts, applications,  principles, and  sig-
               nificance of epidemiology and to create and nur-
               ture enthusiasm for  further  inquiry  in
               environmental epidemiology. The emphasis is on
               insights and  modern  analytic techniques that
               contribute directly to improvements in environ-
               mental protection and risk assessment.

               Length: Semester-long course

               Target audience: EPA scientists, engineers, and
               environmental protection specialists

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; video-taped lec-
               tures available

         Expert Systems	

               Expert systems are computer-based applications
               that use the knowledge of decisionmaking proces-
               ses of a human expert to advise and assist users
               with less  expertise. Participants will learn to
               design, build, and test an expert system; manage
               expert systems as a new technology; introduce ex-

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               pert systems Into their organizations; and select
               staff and expert-system software.

               Length: 32 hours (1 full day and eight 3-hour ses-
               sions)

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Field Instrumentation for Determination of Volatile
         Organic Chemicals in the Environment	

               This course covers the selection, use, and calibra-
               tion of field instrumentation for air analysis, haz-
               ardous waste investigations, underground-tank
               studies, plume tracking, and groundwater protec-
               tion to  teach new methods of investigation and
               analysis to field chemists, consultants, and EPA
               contractors (FIT, TAT).

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Field investigators with some
               chemistry and instrumentation background,
               project managers and field on-scene coordinators
               who direct such field investigations  or evaluate
               proposals to do field work

               Sponsor/location; Region 1

         Human Exposure Seminars	

               This seminar series is designed  to familiarize at-
               tendees with the fundamental concepts of human
               exposure monitoring, modeling, and data. It will
               cover the concepts and theory of the total human
               exposure approach, existing exposure data bases,
               and use of these data in making risk estimates.
               The seminars consist of structured lectures by ex-
               perts in the field, both from within  and outside
               EPA. There will be ample opportunity for feedback

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               and questions. Objectives Include familiarizing at-
               tendees with the latest exposure data bases and
               research findings from recent exposure studies;
               comparing the effectiveness of the direct and in-
               direct approaches to exposure estimation; and
               demonstrating how to use exposure data to make
               risk estimates.

               Length: 2 years (once a month)

               Target  audience: Scientists, engineers, and
               employees Involved In exposure  assessment
               programs or projects

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute

         Information Exchange Seminar (USGS-EPA)	

               This course covers the organizational structure of
               the U.S. Geological Survey and the types of infor-
               mation that USGS and EPA share.,

               Length: 1-2 hours

               Target  audience: All EPA employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

         Mechanisms of Carcinogens (Genetic Toxicology)	

               This lecture and discussion course presents con-
               temporary evidence of the mechanisms of cancer
               induction and progression relevant to EPA's man-
               date to  protect the public from exposure to car-
               cinogens.

               Length: 1 hour per week for 7 weeks

               Target  audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

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         Science Seminar Program
               The Science Seminar Program is a series of lec-
               tures designed to present current issues and con-
               cerns in science and technology.

               Length: 1 hour a month

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

         Statistics for Managers	

               This course is structured to give managers, super-
               visors, and analysts an understanding of statisti-
               cal concepts and is intended to present statistical
               terminologies and concepts so that managers and
               analysts may communicate better with statis-
               ticians and data analysts. The course is divided
               into four 2-hour sessions with the afternoon ses-
               sion linked to the morning session. The four ses-
               sions are  "Overview of Statistical  Concepts,"
               "Understanding Specific Problems," "An Overview
               of Statistical Sampling."  and "Examination of a
               Statistical Survey."

               Length: 8 hours

               Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
               analysts

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute

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      TECHNOLOGY
Hazardous Materials and
    ncident Response

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Science and Technology—Hazardous Materials
and incident Response	


   Advanced Supervision of Asbestos Abatement Projects
   (Annual Update Course)                            37

   Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials               37

   Asbestos Management Planner                       38

   Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning             38

   Hazardous Materials Incident Response Operations      39

   Hazardous Materials Response for First Responders      39

   Hazardous Materials Response Planning
   and Operations Course                             40

   Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods             40

   Inspecting Buildings for Asbestos-Containing Materials   41

   Pesticide Misuse Residue Analysis                    41

   Sampling for Hazardous Materials                    42

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        Advanced Supervision of Asbestos Abatement Projects
        (Annual Update Course)	

              This course Includes a Federal/State regulatory
              update, new abatement techniques, and revised
              air monitoring techniques and requirements. In
              addition,  medical, legal, and Insurance updates
              are covered, as well as State certlflcaiton and
              licensing  requirements.

              Length: 2 days

              Target audience; Asbestos abatement super-
              visors

              Sponsor/location: Region 4

        Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials	

              This course  instructs participants In practices
              and procedures for monitoring and sampling air-
              borne  hazardous materials. Topics to be dis-
              cussed are  air surveillance programs; air
              monitoring techniques and Instruments; air sam-
              pling techniques and equipment; radiation detec-
              tion instruments; instrument calibration; quality
              control; exposure guidelines; health and safety
              considerations; legal implications; and air dis-
              persing and meteorology. The course will include
              operating procedures for specific  air monitoring
              instruments and sampling equipment, as well as
              strategies for air surveillance at both abandoned
              hazardous waste sites and In accidental releases
              of hazardous chemicals.

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               Length: 5 days

               Target audience: Personnel  Involved in emer-
               gency response to hazardous substances or those
               who Investigate uncontrolled hazardous waste
               sites

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1, 2. 3. 4, 5,
               6. 7. 9, 10

         Asbestos Management Planner	

               Key course elements Include Interpreting survey
               results, the hazard assessment process,  evalua-
               tion, selection of control options, and developing
               an operations and maintenance plan.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Asbestos management plan-
               ners

               Sponsor/location: Region 4

         Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning	

               This course,  which is jointly  sponsored  by EPA
               and FEMA, includes actual examples of emergen-
               cy situations and addresses legal, technical, and
               financial aspects of contingency  planning.  The
               training encompasses topics  such as pertinent
               statutes; local, State, and Federal responsibilities;
               contracts and cooperative agreements; develop-
               ment of a response plan; types and storage of haz-
               ardous materials; preventive  measures;
               disclosure of facilities;  and local. State,  and
               Federal ordinances. Instructional methods  in-
               clude  lectures, demonstrations, and classroom
               discussion.

               Length: 41/2 days

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               Target audience: Regional,  State,  and  local
               employees who require a basic understanding of
               contingency planning and related Issues

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; Region 3

         Hazardous Materials Incident Response Operations

               This course provides  attendees with practical
               knowledge concerning  incident response opera-
               tions.  Focus is  on response team function,
               methods, procedures, and safety in responding to
               hazardous substance spills or abandoned waste
               sites. Participants become more familiar with
               selection,  use, and limitation of respiratory
               protection apparatus and protective clothing; site
               entry, control, and decontamination procedures;
               the use  of field  monitoring  instruments;  and
               standard operating safety guides.

               Length: 5 days

               Target audience: EPA and other Federal, State.
               and local government/Hazardous waste staff

               Sponsor/location: Regions 9, 10

         Hazardous Materials Response for First Responders	

               This course provides participants with basic infor-
               mation needed to recognize, evaluate, and
               mitigate  an incident involving the  release or
               potential release of hazardous materials. Topics to
               be  discussed include chemical and physical
               properties  of  hazardous materials;  toxicology;
               recognition and identification of hazardous
               materials; personnel protective equipment; direct-
               reading instruments; standard operating proce-
               dures; response  organization;  and sources  of
               information. Fire fighting techniques are not part
               of the course.

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               Length: 3-5 days

               Target audience; Members   of   hazardous
               material response teams, teams that are being
               formed, or others who may be called upon to
               respond to a chemical release. Persons who have
               previously attended Hazardous Materials Incident
               Response Operations or Personnel Protection and
               Safety should not apply.

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; all regions

         Hazardous Materials Response Planning and Operations
         Course

               This workshop focuses on response team func-
               tions, methods, procedures, and safety. Also in-
               cluded is practical knowledge concerning disposal
               of hazardous materials and the use of computers
               to aid in site management.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: EPA,   State,   and   local
               employees who develop, implement, or manage
               programs for chemical emergencies or cleanups at
               hazardous waste sites

               Sponsor/location: Region 10

         Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods	

               This course  instructs attendees in the concepts
               and techniques for containment, treatment, and
               disposal of hazardous materials associated with
               accidental releases and uncontrolled waste sites.
               It emphasizes the practical applications of Inci-
               dent mitigation and treatment technologies and
               includes the following topics: first-response con-
               siderations,  hazard evaluation,  containment
               methods, physical, chemical, and biological treat-

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               merit,  disposal options, and safety during
               response operations.

               Length: 4 days

               Target audience: EPA,   State,  and   local
               employees who develop, implement,  or manage
               safety  programs for chemical emergencies  or
               cleanup at hazardous waste sites

               Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
               10

         Inspecting Buildings for Asbestos-Containing Materials

               The objective of this course is to outline some of
               the basic considerations  and methods used  to
               make valid determinations of whether asbestos-
               containing material  is present through inspec-
               tion,  sampling,  and assessment.   General
               information will be provided on the potential
               health hazards associated  with asbestos ex-
               posures.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Asbestos  inspectors and
               others who conduct or need to know about evalua-
               tions of buildings  for  asbestos-containing
               materials

               Sponsor/location: Region 4

         Pesticide Misuse Residue Analysis _

               This intermediate to advanced workshop will in-
               clude analytical experiments involving the deter-
               mination of phenoxy herbicides;  glyphosate
               sulfonylurea herbicides (Oust, Glean, etc.); and
               carbamates.   The   use    of    the    gas
               chromatograph/mass selective detector will also
               be covered in  a  laboratory experiment. Par-

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               ticipants should be familiar with the theory and
               have a good working knoweldge of the basic opera-
               tion of liquid and gas chromatographs and of com-
               mon extraction and cleanup techniques.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical  per-
               sonnel

               Sponsor/location: Region 4

         Sampling for Hazardous Materials	

               This course provides basic practical information
               about the design  of sampling programs; equip-
               ment and procedures for sample collection; sam-
               pling safety; regulations on transporting samples;
               and use of statistics In sampling. The course In-
               cludes hands-on  use of  multimedia sampling
               equipment.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: EPA,   State,   and  local
               employees who develop. Implement, or manage
               safety programs  for chemical emergencies or
               cleanup at abandoned hazardous waste sites

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1,2,3,9,10

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     TECHNOLOGY
Quality Assurance/
  Quality Contro

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                           Table of Contents
Science and Technology—Quality
Assurance/Quality Control	


   Analytical Quality Control                          47

   Data Quality Objectives                            47

   General Quality Assurance Considerations for Ambient
   Air Monitoring                                   48

   Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Quality Assurance
   for I/M Programs                                 48

   Orientation to Quality Assurance Management          48

   Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measurement
   Systems                                        49

   Quality Assurance for Source Emission Measurements   49

   Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Chain of
   Custody—An Introduction                          49

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Quality Assurance/Quality Control
        Analytical Quality Control	

               This course covers methods  for assuring the
               reliability and validity of analytical and field data
               used to assess and monitor water quality. Par-
               ticipants should be  knowledgeable  about the
               analytical methods used in the area of their
               responsibility. It is highly desirable to have some
               background in basic statistical calculations.

               Length: 5 days

               Target audience: Personnel who have prime
               responsibility for  assuring the reliability of
               analytical and field data used  to assess and
               monitor water quality

               Sponsor/location; Region 4

        Data Qualify Objectives	

               This workshop  is  designed to introduce  par-
               ticipants  to the data quality objectives (DQOs)
               concept and process. The course consists of a
               combination of lectures, group discussions, and
               exercises. The emphasis is on management issues
               associated with DQOs rather than on detailed
               "how-to" technical information. The course objec-
               tives are to provide a general understanding of the
               DQO concept and its value to EPA: ensure that
               participants are aware of the key stages and roles
               in the  DQO process; provide participants  with
               practical experience in DQO implementation; and
               lay a foundation for expanded knowledge of and
               participation in the DQO process.

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               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Managers, program staff, and
               technical staff Involved In design or oversight of
               environmental data collection activities, and other
               interested employees

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         General Quality Assurance Considerations for Ambient
         Air Monitoring	

               See description under Science and Technology,
               Air and Radiation

         Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Quality Assurance for
         i/M Programs	

               See description under Science and Technology.
               Air and Radiation

         Orientation to Quality Assurance Management	

               This  workshop serves as an orientation to  the
               basic management issues associated with EPA's
               quality assurance (QA) program for environmen-
               tal data collection. It will provide participants with
               a systematic, nontechnical Introduction to  the
               primary elements and concepts of QA. By the end
               of the session, participants will be able to under-
               stand the value and benefits of an effective QA
               program; identify the basic tools of QA manage-
               ment at EPA; evaluate the strengths and weak-
               nesses  of  particular  QA  programs; and
               understand the QA roles of EPA managers and
               their staff.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: EPA managers and staff (tech-
               nical and nontechnical) who would benefit from a
               systematic Introduction to EPA's  QA program,

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                especially employees newly assigned to QA
                responsibilities

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2, 6

         Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measurement Systems

                See description under Science and Technology,
               Air and Radiation

         Qualify Assurance for Source Emission Measurements

                See description under Science and Technology,
               Air and Radiation

         Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Chain of
         Custody—An Introduction	

               This course is  designed to delineate established
                policy, procedures, and program requirements for
                the conduct of quality assurance for all environ-
               mentally related measurements performed by or
               for the Agency. The course includes a discussion
                of environmental public laws that require quality
                assurance activities and the elements of a quality
                assurance project plan.

               Length: 1 day

                Target audience: EPA supervisors and profes-
               sionals involved in any aspect of environmental
               monitoring; and project  officers, grant officers,
                and other technical staff

                Sponsor/location: Region 5

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TECHNOLOGY
  Risk

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Science and Technology—Risk
   Environmental Risk Assessment                     55



   Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)              55



   1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing         56



   1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Manager's Seminar    56



   Risk Assessment In Superfund                      57



   Risk and Decision-Making                         57



   Risky Decisions                                  58

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                   Science and Technology
Risk
        Environmental Risk Assessment
              This basic course provides participants with the
              fundamentals needed to determine the toxicity of
              chemicals that have been released into the en-
              vironment  and to assess their risk to public
              health. The primary focus of the course is risk as-
              sessment associated with uncontrolled hazardous
              waste sites. This  course addresses risk assess-
              ment in terms of its four elements: hazard iden-
              tification, dose-response  evaluation,  exposure
              assessment, and risk characterization.

              Length: 4 days

              Target audience: EPA,   State,   and   local
              employees who  develop, implement, or manage
              safety  programs  for  chemical emergencies or
              cleanup at abandoned hazardous waste sites

              Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10;
              RTF

        Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)	

              This course orients users to the role of IRIS in risk
              assessment  and risk  management at EPA. The
              agenda includes a lecture, hands-on exercises,
              and a  case study. The course objectives are to
              thoroughly train the IRIS user in the uses and
              limitations of the information in the system and
              give the user  experience  in accessing and
              maneuvering the data base itself.

              Length: 21/2 hours-1 day

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                Target audience: Managers, program staff, and
                technical staff who regularly need Agency risk as-
                sessment and risk management Information

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2, 3, 4,
                7

         1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing	

                This course is designed to familiarize Agency per-
                sonnel with EPA's  1986 Risk Assessment
                Guidelines in all EPA risk assessing offices. The
                core briefing  is a lecture designed for general-in-
                terest audiences that provides a concise, general
                overview of the five guidelines as a group.

                Length: 1 hour

                Target audience; All Agency personnel

                Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; all regions

         1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Manager's Seminar

                This course  is designed  to familiarize Agency
                managers with  the  1986 Risk Assessment
                Guidelines and to promote informed use of the
                guidelines in all EPA  risk assessing offices. The
                course highlights important scientific features of
                the guidelines and links these features with Agen-
                cy policy as developed in the guidelines, by means
                of a lecture format and problem-solving exercises.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience: Agency  managers who super-
                vise risk  assessment activities or have other
                managerial responsibilities in risk assessing of-
                fices

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all regions

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         Risk Assessment in Superfund	

               This beginning-level course is intended for staff
               who are responsible for reviewing, supervising, or
               facilitating the work of consultants or technical
               experts in performing risk assessments. Topics
               include an overview of chemical risk assessment,
               exposure assessment, and risk characterization
               and an overview of the Superfund Public Health
               Evaluation Process.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Superfund staff (EPA and
               other  Federal, State, and local government
               employees)

               Sponsor/location: Region 10

         Risk and Decision-Making	

               This course gives  participants a basic  under-
               standing of the concepts and elements of risk as-
               sessment,  risk  management,   and  risk
               communication. It blends limited lectures on the
               principles of risk assessment and risk com-
               munication and on IRIS and the Risk Assessment
               Guidelines with small-group discussions based
               on a hypothetical case study. The case study was
               constructed to raise multimedia issues, and so
               has application to all programs and to all staff.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: EPA technical/professional
               staff and supervisors involved in, or  needing an
               understanding of, risk-based decision-making

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations

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         Risky Decisions	

               This is a state-of-the-art risk-management train-
               ing program developed by Environmental Resour-
               ces, Ltd. of  London, England, for the Dutch
               Environmental  Ministry. All or part of this
               program may potentially be integrated into the
               Agency's risk-training  curriculum.  This EPA
               presentation is cosponsored by the EPA Institute
               and the EPA Risk Training Committee.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: All Agency technical personnel

               Sponsor/location: HQ   Institute;    course
               materials available through HQ library

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         TECHNOLOGY
Solid and Hazardous Wastes

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                            Table of Contents
Science and Technology—Solid and
Hazardous Wastes	


   Activated Sludge Process Control                      63

   Alternative Treatment Technologies for Superfund Waste
   Sites                                            63

   Bioremediation of Hazardous Waste Sites               64

   CERCLA Orientation                               64

   CERCLIS Enforcement Overview                      65

   Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives         65

   Customized CERCLIS Reporting                      66

   Environmental Remote Sensing                       66

   Geophysical Techniques for Finding Buried Waste:
   Techniques and Basic Theory                        66

   Geophysics for Hazardous Site Investigations            67

   Hazard Ranking System                             67

   Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and Their
   Application at Superfund Sites                        68

   Hazardous Waste Calculations                        68

   Hazardous Waste Incineration                        68

   Hazardous Waste Landfill Design                      68

   Hazardous Waste Management                        69

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Hazardous Wastes	


    Hazardous Waste Minimization Methods and Procedures  69

    Hazardous Waste Site Sampling                      70

    Land Disposal Restriction Program Implementation      70

    OSC/RPM Basic Skills Training                      71

    Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigations (PA/SI)      71

    RCRA/CERCLA Treatment Alternatives to Hazardous
    Waste Landfills                                    72

    RCRA Facility Assessment                           72

    RCRA Groundwater Monitoring: Use of the TEGD and
    COG                                            73

    RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enforcement
    Personnel                                        73

    Remedial Design Schedule Management—An
    Introduction                                      74

    Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
    Workshop                                        74

    SARA Title III Information Management Workshops      75

    Skills Development in Negotiation of CERCLA/RCRA
    Disputes                                         75

    Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives                  75

    Superfund Public Health Evaluation                  76

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                   Science and Technology
Solid and Hazardous Wastes
        Activated Sludge Process Control	

              This course is designed to assist participants in
              upgrading activated sludge treatment operations.
              Instruction will be based on proven operational
              control methods and case histories.

              Length: 3 days

              Target audience: Wastewater     treatment
              facilities personnel

              Sponsor/location: Region 4

        Alternative Treatment Technologies for Superfund Waste
        Sites	

              This workshop provides attendees a wide array of
              treatment alternatives with associated costs and
              limitations. This new series of seminars will
              present  proven treatment technologies  and
              provide technical and management guidance on
              their selection and application. The seminars will
              include five sessions of 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours
              devoted  to specific topics. Speakers will be
              selected from a pool of experts in the technologies
              for managing hazardous wastes.

              Length: 2 days

              Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

              Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
              6, 7, 9. 10

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         Bioremediatlon of Hazardous Waste Sites	

               These four seminars provide Information on the
               design of biological  treatment technologies, on
               detoxification/biodegradatalon mechanisms In
               these systems, and methods for selecting ap-
               propriate treatment processes. Techniques for In
               situ biodegradation of organlcs In aquifer and the
               unsaturated zone will be discussed, as well as
               those site characteristics where treatment  In a
               reactor is more effective.  Discussion will Include
               case studies on CERCLA sites as well as sites not
               in the Hazardous Ranking System.

               Length: varies

               Target audience: Personnel Involved In selecting
               treatment for hazardous waste sites

               Sponsor/location; ORD

         CERCLA Orientation	

               This introductory course Is designed to introduce
               new employees to the Superfund program. The
               topics covered present an  overview of the CERCLA
               legislation, the  National Contingency Plan,
               program implementation  and policy implications,
               RCRA  program interface, community relations.
               and the removal, remedial, enforcement, and sup-
               port programs. Instructional methods used In the
               course include classroom lectures, group discus-
               sion, problem solving, case studies,  and student
               exercises. Participants will be offered insights Into
               the actual "nuts and bolts" of these programs.

               Length: 4 days

               Target audience: New employees

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; all locations

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         CERCLIS Enforcement Overview	

               This course is designed to provide a generalized
               overview of the CERCLIS data base and structure,
               with emphasis on the enforcement program. The
               course covers data base  structure,  data entry.
               data retrieval, and generation of reports. The
               course emphasizes the enforcement aspects of
               CERCLIS by  concentrating on select program-
               matic issues and showing how these issues are
               reflected in the data and how the data can provide
               information to enforcement program managers
               and coordinators.

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience: Interested EPA staff

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives	

               The  technology transfer seminars will  address
               PA/SI  and alternative corrective  actions. The
               seminars will be  built around the risk assess-
               ment/risk management strategies for implement-
               ing  corrective  action.  Basic investigative
               procedures would constitute the risk assessment
               part  of the seminars, and review and application
               of control technologies would be presented in the
               context of risk management.  Projects in which
               technologies have been successfully used will be
               reviewed.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Owners and operators of
               TSDFs; engineers and environmental scientists
               who want to gain a further understanding of cor-
               rective measurement technology alternatives

               Sponsor/location; OSWER; Regions 3, 4, 5, 6, 9

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         Customized CERCLIS Reporting	

               This course is designed to provide individuals who
               have completed the  course, CERCLIS Enforce-
               ment Overview, with the functional knowledge
               necessary to generate customized CERCLIS
               reports.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Interested EPA staff

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Environmental Remote Sensing	

               Major topics in this course include the fundamen-
               tals of remote  sensing, topographic map reading,
               basic air photo analysis skills, hazardous waste
               site analysis with historical photography, and re-
               questing remote-sensing support services. Course
               structure involves predominantly hands-on exer-
               cises supplemented by short lectures, demonstra-
               tions, and a reference information package.

               Length: 4 hours

               Target audience: CERCLA and RCRA staff

               Sponsor/location: Region 4

         Geophysical Techniques for Finding Buried Waste:
         Techniques and Basic Theory	

               This course provides an introduction to the
               geophysical techniques  used for finding buried
               waste and explores the theory  behind them and
               their applicability in the field. Participants will
               learn objective methods  for selecting appropriate
               techniques to identify where toxic waste is buried.

               Length: 3 hours

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                Target audience: CERCLA and  RCRA project
                managers

                Sponsor/location: Region 1

         Geophysics for Hazardous Site Investigations	

                This course provides an Introduction to geophysi-
                cal sensing techniques that may be used during
                Investigations at hazardous waste sites. Topics
                addressed include objectives of subsurface inves-
                tigations, techniques currently used, advantages
                and limitations of each technique, the cost of tech-
                niques, and how to utilize and Interpret data. The
                course consists of lectures, classroom discussion,
                and case studies.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience: Regional and State technical
                and enforcement staff

                Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Hazard Ranking System

                This course Introduces participants to the techni-
                cal aspects of the Hazard Ranking System and
                EPA's policy for listing sites on the National
                Priority List. Course instruction consists primari-
                ly of classroom lecture and discussion.  Par-
                ticipants will gain insight into the criteria used for
                determining the status of a given site as it pertains
                to cleanup operations.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience: Regional and State Superfund
                staff and their contractors

                Sponsor/location: OSWER

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         Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and Their
         Application at Superfund Sites	

               This course offers an in-depth review of the full
               range  of hazardous cleanup technologies ap-
               plicable to  the variety of Superfund sites on the
               National Priority List. The course consists of lec-
               tures, discussions,  and case studies. Topics
               presented  in the  seminar include hazardous
               materials cleanup technologies and selection
               methodology for appropriate  technologies. For
               each technology, the course examines costs, in-
               stitutional constraints, and other pros and cons.
               Changes in the  remedial process  as a result of
               SARA are addressed, as well as selection criteria
               for permanent remedies.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: State and  regional CERCLA
               program management staff

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
               6

         Hazardous Waste Calculations	

               See description  under Science and Technology,
               Air and Radiation

         Hazardous Waste Incineration	

               See description  under Science and Technology,
               Air and Radiation

         Hazardous Waste Landfill Design	

               The emphasis on this course will be  on estab-
               lishing a rational design sequence for landfill
               design and developing the specifics of each major
               component. The  course will center around
               preparation of sample calculations for an example

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               landfill.  Complete design calculations  will be
               developed for this example, and sample field test-
               ing data will be presented to aid in explaining con-
               struction quality assurance procedures.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: EPA regional and State permit
               writers and reviewers

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; all regions

         Hazardous Waste Management	

               This course is designed by EPA's Environmental
               Compliance Program to provide EPA employees
               with information on the proper management of
               hazardous waste at their facilities. The objectives
               of this course are to train participants to  charac-
               terize  and classify wastes properly at  their
               facilities; to provide information on hazardous
               waste  management as required by RCRA and
               TSCA;  to train participants to select a reputable,
               qualified transporter and treatment, storage, and
               disposal facilities (TSDF); to update participants
               on legal  and policy issues addressed from the
               recent RCRA/TSCA compliance reviews and en-
               vironmental audits at EPA facilities; and  to train
               participants to complete a manifest  property.

               Length: 2 1/2 days

               Target audience: EPA and contract employees
               who generate or manage hazardous  waste at EPA
               facilities

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Hazardous Waste Minimization Methods and Procedures

               A series of seminars will be presented on waste
               minimization and procedures for key industrial

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               sectors (industrial  and hazardous material
               managers,  government  inspectors and  permit
               writers, consulting engineers and SQGs). These
               seminars will focus on specific unit process opera-
               tions common to the industry category and will
               deal with air, water, and solid waste generation.

               Length: varies

               Target audience; Industrial and hazardous
               materials managers

               Sponsor/location: OSWBR

         Hazardous Waste Site Sampling	

               Among the  subjects discussed in this course are
               field notes and measurements; sample identifica-
               tion and documentation; chain-of-custody and
               sample-handling procedures; well construction
               and protection; groundwater and soil sampling;
               and surface water, leachate stream, and sediment
               sampling. Individual  protective  clothing, equip-
               ment, and safety are not subjects for primary dis-
               cussion.

               Length: 5 days

               Target audience: Any employee who collects
               samples in  and around hazardous waste sites

               Sponsor/location: Region 4

         land Disposal Restriction Program Implementation	

               This workshop will provide  technical guidance
               and training to EPA regions,  State governments,
               and the regulated community in performing tech-
               nical evaluations and permitting requirements for
               the land disposal restrictions program.

               Length: varies

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               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: OSWBR

         OSC/RPM Basic Skills Training _

               This  introductory course introduces new
               employees hired as OSCs or RPMs to the roles and
               responsibilities of their job and is designed to
               provide interaction among  employees from
               various regions. Topics covered present an over-
               view of the tasks new OSCs and RPMs perform, in-
               cluding notification, evaluation, and planning,
               and removal operations for OSCs; and site plan
               development, RI/FS, RODS, RD/RAs for RPMs.
               The course consists of classroom lectures, group
               discussion, case studies, and student exercises.

               Length: 41/2 days

               Target audience: New OSCs and RPMs

               Sponsor/location; OSWER; Regions 2, 3, 6, 9

         Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigations (PA/SI) _

               This course provides a brief overview of the Super-
               fund program and discusses the sequences of
               tasks for a site inspection. It also addresses safety
               and sampling considerations  and presents  a
               detailed overview of the Hazard Ranking System.
               The course concludes with an exercise that re-
               quires participants to prepare a sampling plan for
               a sample case site.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: State  and contractor person-
               nel who conduct preliminary assessments and on-
               site investigations of hazardous waste sites

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

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         RCRA/CERCLA Treatment Alternatives to Hazardous
         Waste Landfills	

               In  this seminar,  case studies provide the
               framework. All details will be presented in the con-
               text of their relative importance to the success of
               the given case. Costs, waste  quantity/quality
               data, results of technology implementation, ap-
               plicable permit conditions, site cleanup limits and
               goals, and the relationship of the technology to
               regulations will be discussed. Themes include: al-
               ternative/innovative approaches to waste mini-
               mization and recycling; remedial and corrective
               actions; alternative technologies to incineration
               and  thermal  destruction;  technologies for
               detoxification and  destruction;  and developing
               technologies for safe ultimate disposal. Engineers
               and scientists who have direct experience with the
               implementation of alternative techniques and ap-
               proaches will be speakers.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Federal and State officials, in-
               dustrialists, consultants, and facility owners and
               operators

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         RCRA Facility Assessment	

               This course outlines strategies for identifying and
               cleaning up hazardous waste or hazardous con-
               stituents that threaten human health or the en-
               vironment.  Emphasis is placed  on providing
               information on sampling, particularly with regard
               to  the  analysis and interpretation, and recom-
               mendations  on substances collected. Physical
               safety aids are also discussed. Instructional ac-
               tivities include lecture and case-study analysis.

               Length: 21/2 days

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               Target audience: Interested EPA staff

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         RCRA Groundwater Monitoring: Use of the TEGD and
         COG	

               This intermediate-level course emphasizes the
               use of sections of the Technical Enforcement
               Guidance Document (TEGD) and the Compliance
               Order Guidance (COG). The goals of the course in-
               clude: providing technical guidance to the regions
               and States in the evaluation of RCRAgroundwater
               monitoring systems; providing a regulatory and
               policy basis  for technical approaches to RCRA
               groundwater monitoring programs and strategies
               for obtaining technical objectives; and promoting
               an integrated approach to regulating RCRA
               groundwater monitoring facilities among enforce-
               ment, permits, field inspectors, and attorneys.
               The course instructional methods consist of class-
               room lectures and discussion, simulations, video
               presentations, and case studies.

               Length: 3  1/2 days

               Target audience: Regional, State, and local
               RCRA employees Involved in program manage-
               ment and Inspections; technical, enforcement, or
               permits staff members

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enforcement
         Personnel	

               See description under Legal, Regulatory, and En-
               forcement

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         Remedial Design Schedule Management—An
         Introduction	

               During this seminar, a series of generic remedial
               design management schedules will be presented.
               The presentations will focus on the time-phased
               schedule logic, typical technologies applicable to
               the schedules, assumptions used,  and a descrip-
               tion of site-specific applications. Also, methods to
               optimize remedial design management schedules
               will be discussed. Course Instruction consists of
               lectures, discussions, slides, and handouts. Par-
               ticipants will be provided with a bound document
               containing copies of the presentation slides, the
               standard remedial  design tasks, the remedy-
               specific generic remedial design schedules, and
               appropriate background data and references.

               Length: 1 day

               Tea-get audience: RPMs, State project officers.
               REM and ARCS contractors, and U.S. Army Corps
               of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation design
               managers

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; HQ Institute; Region
               2.5

         Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
         Workshop	

               This course is designed to inform regional and
               State remedial staff on RI/FS policies and proce-
               dures, particularly as they have been modified to
               reflect  the  Superfund  Amendments  and
               Reauthorization Act (SARA) and program efforts to
               streamline the process. Topics Include planning,
               managing, and scoping projects; risk assessment;
               development, screening, and evaluation of alter-
               natives;  preparing  a proposed plan; and  site-
               specific strategies.

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               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Regional and State remedial
               staff

               Sponsor/location: OSWER;  HQ  Institute;
               Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9

         SARA Title III Information Management Workshops	

               These  five  workshops clarify understanding of
               Title III regulations and their State and local re-
               quirements; identify Federal Information resour-
               ces pertinent  to Title III that are available to
               SERCs and LEPCs; and provide a forum for dis-
               cussion among local and  State organizations.
               Presentations will address these issues, as well as
               provide information  on  available  tools to help
               manage and use information (both automated and
               non-automated), disseminate Information to the
               public, and communicate risk. The workshops
               will include presentations by both Federal  and
               State representatives.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: SERC,  LEPC,  and  First
               Responder representatives

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Skills Development in Negotiation of CERCLA/RCRA
         Disputes	

               See description under Legal, Regulatory, and En-
               forcement

         Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives	

               A series of technology transfer seminars will deter-
               mine whether information will be presented on a
               technology  or  Industry approach.  Surveys Indi-

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                cate that the chemical and allied products In-
                dustry (SIC 28) accounts for over half the nation's
                total hazardous waste volume. CERI will coor-
                dinate the effort with HWERL and OSWER per-
                sonnel  in addition to  States having  recycling
                exemptions, financial incentives, and information
                programs. Four to  eight seminars will be
                presented in EPA regions.

                A seminar publication will cover solvent-using in-
                dustries and present alternatives to land disposal.
                The major topics will include source reduction,
                focusing  on in-plant changes that can either
                reduce  or eliminate  solvent waste  generation,
                recycling  of waste-stream substance or reclama-
                tion of waste material, and treatment technologies
                such as incineration and chemical fixation/oxida-
                tion alternatives.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience: Users of solvents, regulators,
                and environmental consultants

                Sponsor/location: ORD; OSWER; Regions  1, 4,
                5, 7, 10

         Supetfund Public Health Evaluation	

                This beginning-level course consists of lectures,
                discussions, and practical exercises in risk as-
                sessment. Topics include an overview of chemical
                risk assessment;  hazard identification and dose-
                response  assessment; exposure assessment and
                risk characterization; and risk communication.
                Day 2  provides  an overview  of the Superfund
                Public Health  Evaluation Process, including  an
                intensive  case study exercise.

                Length: 2 days

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                Target audience: Federal and State employees
                responsible for reviewing, supervising, or facilitat-
                ing the work of consultants or technical experts In
                performing risk assessments

                Sponsor/location: OSWER

                Note: This training will be unavailable in FY 88,
                as the guidance is currently under revision.

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                           Table of Contents
Science and Technology—Water and
Groundwater	


   ADA Basic Groundwater Course                     83

   Analytical Quality Control                          83

   Assessment and Management of Drinking Water
   Contamination                                   83

   Basic Groundwater Concepts                       84

   Giardiasis—Waterborne                            84

   Groundwater Geochemistry—An Introduction           85

   Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction           85

   Groundwater Management Modeling                  86

   Groundwater Modeling for Managers                  86

   Groundwater Orientation and Groundwater Protection
   Strategy                                        86

   Hydrogeology—An Introduction                      87

   Organics                                        87

   Principles of Groundwater                          88

   RCRA Groundwater Monitoring: Use of the TEGD
   and COG                                        88

   Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Subsurface   88

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   Water Management Division Lecture Series           88
   Wetland Ecology from an EPA Perspective            89
   Wetlands—An Introduction                       89

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                  Science and Technology
Water and Groundwater
        ADA Basic Groundwater Course
              This Introductory course offers a general overview
              of basic  hydrogeology and groundwater move-
              ment, contaminant transport, groundwater inves-
              tigations, aquifer restorations, and groundwater
              modeling. The course consists of lectures,
              demonstrations, and classroom discussions.

              Length: 3 days

              Target audience: All  EPA and  State employees
              who  require  a  better understanding  of
              groundwater issues

              Sponsor/location; OSWER

        Analytical Quality Control	

              See description under Science and Technology-
              Quality Assurance/Quality Control

        Assessment and Management of Drinking Water
        Contamination	

              These regional workshops are aimed at Improving
              the ability of decisionmakers to respond effective-
              ly to incidents of drinking water contamination.
              They present  Information on the health effects,
              toxicology, analytical  methods,  and treatment
              technologies  available for four major classes of
              contaminants: organlcs, Inorganics, solvents, and
              pesticides. An opportunity Is provided for par-
              ticipants to take part in case studies designed to
              demonstrate the  risk assessment  and risk

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               management methods necessary to resolve a
               drinking water contamination Incident.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Regional and State staff

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Basic Groundwater Concepts

               This course provides an  introduction to basic
               groundwater concepts for  employees involved in
               implementing EPA programs who have had little
               or no  exposure to  groundwater hydrology ter-
               minology  and  concepts.  Topics  include
               groundwater hydrology, rocks and water, under-
               ground water, the hydrologic cycle, aquifers and
               confining beds,  porosity,  heads and gradients,
               hydraulic conductivity, and  functions of
               groundwater systems.  Participants  will receive
               reference materials that provide an on-the-Job
               groundwater information resource.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: EPA engineers,  geologists,
               hydrologists,    environmental    protection
               specialists, and other technical staff

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Giardiasis—Waterborne	

               This course provides an introduction to the causa-
               tive agent of giardlasis, epidemiology, filtration,
               disinfection, and isolation ofGiardia lamblia. It is
               intended to acquaint attendees with current pro-
               cedures for dealing with an Increasing problem in
               public water supplies. The course will include a 1-
               day laboratory session for all who are interested.

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               Length: 1-2 days

               Target audience: All Interested EPA employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 1

        Groundwater Geochemistry—An Introduction	

               This course covers such topics as sampling tech-
               niques,  organic geochemistry of groundwater,
               geochemical processes, modeling, and geochemi-
               cal aspects of contaminant migration.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Engineers,  hydrologists, and
               hydrogeologists

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

        Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction	

               This introductory course is designed to provide at-
               tendees with fundamental knowledge concerning
               groundwater, and groundwater contamination
               due to accidental releases  of chemicals or con-
               tamination from abandoned  hazardous waste
               sites. The course focuses on groundwater inves-
               tigation, monitor well placement, well construc-
               tion, and the collection of samples.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: EPA, State,  and local person-
               nel who  develop, implement,  or manage safety
               programs for chemical emergencies or cleanup at
               abandoned hazardous waste sites

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 1, 3. 4,
               5. 6. 8. 9. 10

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         Groundwater Management Modeling	

               This course offers a review of simulation and op-
               timization techniques.

               Length: 1-2 hours

               Target audience: All EPA employees

               Sponsor/location: Regions 2. 9

         Groundwotef Modeling for Managers	

               This course provides a survey of fundamentals of
               groundwater transport  and  contaminant
               transport modeling by outlining the basic con-
               cepts and techniques of groundwater hydrology
               and modeling. It also includes a workshop in
               which participants will learn the use and limita-
               tions of models through actual hands-on ex-
               perience with selected models set on IBM personal
               computers  with  a color plotter and 45-inch
               screen.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: EPA managers/ supervisors
               and senior staff involved in decision-making
               based on the results of groundwater modeling ef-
               forts

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 2

         Groundwater Orientation and Groundwater Protection
         Strategy	

               Groundwater Orientation presents information on
               groundwater and groundwater movement, physi-
               cal climate,  description of geological formations in
               Region 3 and which formations are susceptible to
               contamination, how  groundwater is  con-
               taminated, and current issues.

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               The Groundwater Protection Strategy segment
               provides an overview and discussion of the ad-
               ministrative aspects of the Groundwater Protec-
               tion Program. Topics include  groundwater
               protection  strategy in  Region 3  and  the
               Groundwater Classification System.

               Length: 21/2 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

        Hydro-geology—An Introduction	

               This course includes a discussion of groundwater
               as a resource and  the hydrologic cycle; rock
               properties  and  their   relationship  with
               groundwater; groundwater levels and fluctua-
               tions;  groundwater movement; methods of con-
               tamination;  groundwater resource evaluation;
               and the legal aspects of groundwater.

               Length: 8 hours

               Target audience: Priority given to technical
               employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

        Organics	

               This seminar explains the specific requirements of
               recently established guidelines and identifies the
               segments of industry that are included and ex-
               cluded.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Permit writers, regulated com-
               munities, and all interested persons

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                Sponsor/location: Office of Water

         Principles of Groundwater	

                This course covers physical  properties, aquifer
                tests, well design, water quality characterization,
                solute transport, computer modeling, etc.

                Length: 3 days

                Target audience: Scientists and engineers

                Sponsor/location: Region 9

         RCRA Groundwater Monitoring: Use of the TEGD and
         COG	

                See description under Science and Technology—
                Solid and Hazardous Waste

         Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Subsurface

                This seminar provides an overview of the physical,
                chemical,  and biological processes associated
                with contaminants in the subsurface. It includes
                a simulation and closes with  a unit on manage-
                ment considerations.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location: OSWER; all regions

         Water Management Division Lecture Series	

                The WMD  Lecture  Series briefings cover topics
                such as overviews of branches and offices within
                the division; regional water  quality issues; in-
                cineration at sea; coral reefs; marine toxicity test-
                ing; ocean dumping; the  underground injection

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               control program; and water quality standards and
               monitoring.

               Length: 1-2 hours

               Target audience: Interested employees

               Sponsor/location; Region 9

         Wetland Ecology from an EPA Perspective	

               This seminar defines wetlands and discusses their
               ecological functions and values. Programs ad-
               ministered by EPA that focus on wetlands ecology
               will be discussed. Although emphasis Is on Sec-
               tion 404 of the Clean Water Act, the potential of
               wetland study in other programs will be ad-
               dressed.

               Length: 2 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

         Wetlands—An Introduction	

               This training provides a basic  understanding of
               wetland types,  functions, and values; wetland
               identification;  regulations; jurisdictions; and
               types and sources of  additional Information on
               wetlands. Topics include  wetland vegetation,
               soils, and  hydrology;  fish and wildlife habitat;
               erosion prevention; and floodwater storage.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Technical staff

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

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   Administrative Hearings/Trials                       95

   Advanced Inspection Techniques                      95

   Air Pollution Field Enforcement                       96

   Alternate Dispute Resolution Techniques               96

   Annual Hazardous Waste Law and Management
   Symposium                                       97

   Baseline Source Inspection Techniques                 97

   Basic Inspector Training Course                      98

   Compliance Monitoring                              98

   Criminal Enforcement                               99

   Drafting Effective Regulations                        99

   Dun and Bradstreet Seminar                        100

   Effective Permit Writing Workshop                    100

   Environmental Law—An Introduction                 100

   EPA Trial Advocacy Institute                         101

   Ethics and Conflict of Interest                       101

   Expert Witness Seminar                            102

   Federal Register                                   102

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    Freedom of Information Act Training                  103

    Incinerator Permitting                               104

    Negotiation Skills for Attorneys                       104

    New Sources Review/Prevention of Significant
    Deterioration Permitting Regulations for the Construction
    of New Sources and Modifications of Sources of
    Air Pollution                                       105

    Nonpublic Investigations Pursuant to Subpoena
    or Similar Process or Demand                        105

    OWPE Corrective Action Order Workshop              106

    Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP) Search Workshop   106

    RCRA Facilities Investigation (RFI) Guidance Training    107

    RCRA Inspector Training                            107

    RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enforcement
    Personnel                                         107

    Regulation Development in EPA                      108

    Regional Enforcement Seminar                       109

    Skills Development in Negotiation of CERCLA/RCRA
    Disputes                                          109

    Superfund Enforcement Case Settlement Analysis
    System                                           110

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      Administrative Hearings/Trials	

             This course is designed to provide participants
             with  an understanding of preparing  for and
             presenting material at  administrative hearings
             and trials. The course will cover an overview of the
             types of government hearings, the effect of the Ad-
             ministrative Procedures Act on these hearings,
             steps  in the  administrative hearing process,
             prehearing conferences, preparation of evidence
             and witnesses, and appeals.

             Length: 1 day

             Target audience: Employees directly involved in
             preparation of material subject to an administra-
             tive hearing/trial and those who present material
             at administrative hearings/trials, including tech-
             nical professionals, attorneys, and paralegals

             Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 10

      Advanced Inspection Techniques	

             This course addresses  a broad range of technical,
             safety, legal, and administrative issues concern-
             ing detailed inspections of stationary sources. The
             program discussions  will  focus primarily on  a
             series of videotaped  inspection  problems. The
             course will help senior  inspectors to conduct Level
             3 inspections either for anticipated enforcement
             cases or to provide baseline data for Level 2 in-
             spections to be conducted by agency staff. Course
             materials and handouts have been prepared so
             that students can present this course  in their
             agency after attending  the program.

             Length: 3 days

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                Target audience: Senior air pollution control In-
                spectors and supervisory personnel

                Sponsor/location: APTI

         Air Pollution Field Enforcement	

                This course provides an overview of the statutory
                and regulatory base that governs enforcement ac-
                tions and the types of enforcement systems that
                may be employed. Case studies are part of the In-
                struction.  Students will learn  to follow legally
                proper, effective procedure In investigating an air
                pollution complaint, presenting  evidence,  and
                handling complaints in all steps in a way that
                generates public acceptance and support of agen-
                cy programs.

                Length: 3  1/2 days

                Target audience: Interested EPA employees

                Sponsor/location: APTI

         Alternate Dispute Resolution Techniques	

                This  course is designed to present an overview
                and comparison of the leading ADR methods. ADR
                employs third-party neutrals to  aid In the resolu-
                tion of disputes through arbitration, mediation,
                mini-trials, and fact finding. EPA applies forms of
                ADR in areas such as negotiated rulemaking,
                RCRA setting, and Superfund remedial actions.

                Length: 1  day

                Target audience: EPA personnel with  negotia-
                tion responsibilities

                Sponsor/location; Region 9

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         Annual Hazardous Waste Law and Management
         Symposium	

                During this symposium, 42 program managers
                and attorneys of State and Federal agencies and
                representatives of the regulated community will
                describe their roles In the Implementation of haz-
                ardous waste laws. Included In the text will be
                laws,  regulations, and ready-reference materials
                for the manager  and/or the attorney to ac-
                complish  what  environmental laws and  their
                practice require. The managers' sessions will ex-
                plore  technology developments and Important
                hazardous waste site considerations. This course
                earns 13.5 CLE credits; it Is taught in conjunction
                with Washington and Oregon universities at hotel
                conference facilities.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience: Interested EPA staff

                Sponsor/location; Region 10

         Baseline Source Inspection Techniques	

                This course presents discussions on the baseline
                techniques for equipment inspection and evalua-
                tion. These techniques use site-specific informa-
                tion to facilitate the identification of shifts in
                significant operating  variables. Operating
                volumes of a number of control systems will be
                reviewed to illustrate the  baseline  technique.
                Other  topics include: visible emission observa-
                tion,  inspection/maintenance safety, and ad-
                ministrative and legal aspects of plant inspection.

                Length: 3 days

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               Tea-get audience: Agency Inspectors and control
               system operating personnel

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Basic Inspector Training Course	

               This basic training course focuses on knowledge
               common to conducting most investigations/in-
               spections.  Consisting of classroom lectures,
               demonstrations, and  field  exercises with ex-
               perienced inspectors and presented in modular
               format, this program includes training  in four
               categories: administrative, technical, communica-
               tion, and legal.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Technical investigative staff

               Sponsor/location: Region 10

         Compliance Monitoring	

               The purpose of this course is to acquaint new in-
               spectors with the NPDES Compliance Information
               Program and  to serve as a refresher  for ex-
               perienced inspectors. In addition, the course will
               help to assure  consistency in the NPDES Com-
               pliance Inspection Program and inform inspectors
               of new inspection sampling procedures. Instruc-
               tion will be given in legal issues, sampling proce-
               dures,  biomonitoring  procedures,  flow
               measurements, and laboratory procedures.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: NPDES compliance inspectors

               Sponsor/location: Regions 4, 9

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         Criminal Enforcement

               This course Is designed to provide a basic under-
               standing of EPA's criminal enforcement program
               and the criminal enforcement process generally.
               There are  presentations providing guidance on
               what sorts of violations should be considered for
               criminal investigation;  what EPA inspectors
               should look for in identifying potential criminal
               cases; and participation in grand jury  presenta-
               tions and criminal trials.

               Length: I day

               Target audience: EPA program and legal office
               personnel

               Sponsor/location:  Region 2

         Drafting Effective Regulations

               This  course provides training in the regulatory
               process and in how to write effective legal regula-
               tions. Participants learn to identify and  overcome
               complications inherent in writing regulations;
               develop skills in drafting, redrafting, and critiqu-
               ing regulations; and recognize and  understand
               the legal implications  of rulemaking. They also
               learn to understand the structure of the intra-
               agency rulemaking process and recognize the sig-
               nificance of OMB  review statutes, executive
               orders, and agency directives.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Employees responsible  for
               drafting and critiquing regulations

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute

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         Dun and Bradstreet Seminar	

               This seminar Is designed to provide an explana-
               tion of the Dun and Bradstreet reports and other
               Dun  and Bradstreet services. A  Dun and
               Bradstreet representative will be available to
               answer questions and discuss the services Dun
               and Bradstreet can provide under EPA's contract.
               Examples of such services Include business inves-
               tigations  of companies, tracking the "family his-
               tory" of a business, and determining if a business
               has outstanding government loans.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Any  employee who plans to
               use the Dun and Bradstreet services

               Sponsor/location: Region 4

         Effective Permit Writing Workshop	

               Emphasis  in this workshop is In  reviewing,
               analyzing, and drafting construction and operat-
               ing permits. A series of case studies will provide
               practical  experience for participants.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Professional  and  technical
               staff responsible for permit writing and Inspection

               Sponsor/location: APTI; Region 5

         Environmental Law—An Introduction	

               This course is designed to provide participants
               with a basic understanding of the Federal en-
               vironmental statutes under the authority of which
               EPA operates. Some of the major regulations im-
               plementing the Agency's programs will be dis-
               cussed, together with selected legal problems

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                associated with environmental issues. Topics in-
                clude the  Resource Conservation and Recovery
                Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Compen-
                sation  and Liability Act. the Toxic Substances
                Control Act. and the Clean Water, Clean Air, and
                Safe Drinking Water acts.

                Length: 1  day

                Target audience: All EPA techical staff

                Sponsor/location: Regions 5, 6

         EPA Trial Advocacy Institute	

                This course provides EPA attorneys an intensive
                experience in litigation and trial advocacy skills.
                By simulating pretrial and trial segments of litiga-
                tion, the course  offers  students many oppor-
                tunities for individual practice in the art of trial
                advocacy.

                Length: 5  days

                Target audience: Attorneys  from the Office  of
                General Counsel, the Office of Enforcement and
                Compliance Monitoring, and the Office of Regional
                Counsel.

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Ethics and Conflict of Interest

                This program is designed by the Office of General
                Counsel to provide each participant with a better
                understanding of conflict-of-interest laws and the
                EPA standards of conduct. The course format in-
                cludes lecture, class discussion, and case studies.

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               Length: 21/23 hours

               Target audience: All EPA employees

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations

         Expert Witness Seminar

               This course Is designed by the Office of General
               Counsel to teach  environmental professionals to
               work effectively with lawyers. The objectives of the
               course are to provide participants with a basic un-
               derstanding of the legal system as it relates to
               EPA's environmental education, regulation, and
               enforcement missions; to ensure that participants
               understand the basic  anatomy of a lawsuit and
               the nature of the  litigation process; and to teach
               the student what to expect of depositions and of
               direct and cross examination at a trial.

               Length: I day

               Target audience: EPA employees who work
               closely with OGC and OECM attorneys; person-
               nel, public affairs, and management staff

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations

         Federal Register	

               This  interlocking  five-part course has been
               designed to address the broad spectrum of
               problems encountered in meeting the require-
               ments of the Office of Federal Register. The five
               parts are:

                   Tips and Tricks—An overview of the problems
                   encountered when presenting a signed Agen-
                   cy document to the Office of Federal Register.

                   Codification—Discussion of the structure and
                   organization  of codified material; how to

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                   develop codification schemes and make them
                   work for you; how to restructure, recodify, and
                   fix existing problems through amendments;
                   and how to prevent future problems.

                   Format—Discussion of the specifics of docu-
                   ment preparation and provides basic guidance
                   in  handling simple text, charts,  diagrams,
                   tables, and so on; focuses on the "do's and
                   don'ts" of document mechanics.

                   Unique  Problems—Detailed discussion  of
                   tabular material, incorporation by reference,
                   bibliographical reference structures, graphics,
                   diagrams, chemical symbols, etc.; appropriate
                   times to use appendixes and attachments; of-
                   fset work, galley proofs, separate parts, etc.

                   Finding Aids—Discussion of the available aids
                   that can be used to locate information in the
                   daily issue of the Federal Register and the
                   Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); covers in-
                   dexes, list of sections affected,  and related
                   material.

               Length: 4 hours per topic

               Target audience: Employees  responsible for
               physical content and form  of Federal Register
               documents, including document drafters and
               midlevel managers

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Freedom of Information Act Training

               This program is designed by the EPA Freedom of
               Information Office and the Office of General Coun-
               sel to provide  each participant with information
               about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and
               the Agency's implementing  policies and  proce-
               dures. The FOIA, the EPA's amended regulations,

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               the Agency's new manual, and recent case law are
               discussed through lectures and workshops.

               Length: 2 hours-2 days

               Target audience: Interested EPA employees

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations

         Incinerator Permitting	

               This course  trains new permit writers in  the
               basics of incineration technology and permitting.
               It covers basic combustion concepts, incineration
               design, incinerator regulations, exemptions,
               monitoring, trial-burn planning and observation,
               and establishing permit conditions.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: New permit writers

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Negotiation Skills for Attorneys	

               This course Is conducted by staff of the Office of
               Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring.  Par-
               ticipants will be able to practice skills and techni-
               ques in a simulated enforcement case settlement
               negotiation. The  course will  cover planning for
               negotiations, understanding the roles and respon-
               sibilities of government participants in a  negotia-
               tion, and using  tactics to expedite negotiations.
               The course reviews basic negotiation concepts,
               and EPA's position on issues commonly  en-
               countered in enforcement settlement negotia-
               tions.

               Length: 2 days

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               Target audience: Attorneys and technical staff
               who have joined the Agency within the last year

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 1

         New Sources Review/Prevention of Significant
         Deterioration Permitting Regulations for the Construction
         of New Sources and Modifications of Sources of Air
         Pollution

               This course is a practical overview of Federal re-
               quirements for the preconstruction permitting of
               air pollution sources in both attainment areas and
               nonattainment areas. The course objectives are to
               understand when NSR/PSD  applies; to  under-
               stand the EPA role versus the State role; to under-
               stand SIP adoption authority versus delegation;
               and to ensure consistent regional implementation
               of NSR/PSD.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: EPA  and  State personnel
               responsible for NSR/PSD permitting and other in-
               terested EPA personnel

               Sponsor/location; Region 1

         Nonpublic Investigations Pursuant to Subpoena or
         Similar Process or Demand

               This seminar provides a general overview of EPA's
               information-gathering ability  beyond the tradi-
               tional inspection,  information demand, and com-
               pliance with  permit. Extensive handouts are
               provided; limited class size allows plenty of time
               for discussion. Subjects  include advantages/dis-
               advantages; historical and present limitations on
               use of such devices; and the need to communicate
               with and work closely with attorneys. The  course
               familiarizes program personnel with background
               work they must do first.

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               Length: 4 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 10

         OWPE Corrective Action Order Workshop	

               This workshop includes a discussion of the cor-
               rective action process, a review of the scope and
               applicability of corrective action authorities, a dis-
               cussion of the development of Section 3008(h) cor-
               rective  action orders, the use of the Corrective
               Action  Plan and other OSWER guidance  to
               develop the scope of work, and oversight during
               the corrective action process. Course instruction
               is accomplished through lecture, discussion, and
               course studies.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Regional personnel  involved
               with corrective action

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP) Search Workshop

               This course provides participants with  the tools
               necessary to ensure that a thorough PRP has been
               conducted to  identify all parties with  potential
               liability for hazardous waste at a site.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: EPA, State agency  enforce-
               ment and waste personnel, Department of Jus-
               tice, and contractors involved in the PRP search
               process

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

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         RCRA Facilities Investigation (RFI) Guidance Training

               This course covers all major subject areas pertain-
               ing to RCRA facilities. Topics covered Include a
               review of the corrective actions process, sampling
               and analysis, work plan development and Im-
               plementation, and planning and management.
               Other lectures, supplemented by workshops, in-
               clude such topics as site characterization, surface
               water, groundwater, air, soil, and subsurface gas.

               Length: 4 days

               Target audience: EPA and State Agency person-
               nel

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 2, 4, 5, 9

         RCRA Inspector Training	

               This course gives participants current Informa-
               tion on regulations, new Inspection guidance
               documents, and  field  techniques to improve
               inspectors' ability to detect and document viola-
               tions.

               Length: 3 1/2 days

               Target audience: Regional and  State RCRA In-
               spection personnel

               Sponsor/location: OSWER;  HQ  Institute;
               Regions 1,2,36,7, 8, 9. 10

         RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enforcement
         Personnel

               This course is designed to present and explain fre-
               quently encountered problems and to introduce
               available  RCRA  resources  and  reference
               materials.  The course is aimed toward improving
               communication and  coordination between the

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               permitting and enforcement  activities under
               RCRA. Course  instruction consists  of lectures,
               discussions, and demonstrations.

               Course topics concerning enforcement and per-
               mitting include general facility standards; con-
               tainers;  tanks,  RD&D;   land   disposal;
               groundwater; and incineration. The other session
               includes generators and transporters; outcome of
               inspections/reviews, and a problem session. The
               joint  permitting/enforcement  sessions include
               corrective action; RCRA/CERCLA overlap; Federal
               facilities; permitting/enforcement interface; and
               facility management planning.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: RCRA permitting and enforce-
               ment staff and support personnel

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 2, 9

         Regulation Development in EPA	

               This course is designed to provide an in-depth in-
               troduction to all major elements of the Agency's
               regulation-development process, including the
               origins of EPA's rulemaking responsibilities, key
               decision points,  required documents, Internal and
               external review  procedures, and types and sour-
               ces  of essential  information for individual
               rulemaking efforts. Key Agency personnel who are
               involved in the process present the materials and
               provide the opportunity to discuss issues. Those
               sessions  will give participants  a comprehensive
               overview that broadens their understanding of the
               regulation-development process.  Each course
               participant will receive  a comprehensive hand-
               book for future reference.

               Length: 2 days

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                Target audience: Agency personnel who are or
                will be actively Involved In developing EPA regula-
                tions

                Sponsor/location; HQ Institute

         Regional Enforcement Seminar	

                This course covers the complete enforcement
                process. Topics Include an overview of general en-
                forcement, investigation, case development, and
                litigation techniques.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience; Engineer,  scientist,  and
                specialist trainees

                Sponsor/location: Region 3

         Skills Development in Negotiation of CERCLA/RCRA
         Disputes	

                This course includes lectures on the basic skills of
                negotiations, how to deal with tricks and tactics,
                negotiating for the government, and on the types
                of alternate dispute-resolution techniques (media-
                tion, arbitration, special masters). The course also
                includes four simulations in which participants
                role-play simulated negotiations.

                Length: 3 days

                Target audience: Headquarters, regional, and
                State technical enforcement staff and attorneys
                with responsibility for negotiating RCRA or
                CERCLA hazardous waste site cleanups

                Sponsor/location: OSWER

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        Superfund Enforcement Case Settlement Analysis System

               This seminar provides a briefing  and hands-on
               demonstration of the computer-assisted Super-
               fund Settlement Analysis System. No prior ex-
               perience with computers  is necessary. The
               seminar will use an actual case to demonstrate
               the data-gathering steps needed to feed the com-
               puter model and will simulate several different
               outcomes  of settlement offers (cash contribu-
               tions). The model has recently been revised in a
               user-friendly format. Those  staff with some ex-
               perience in the Superfund  Settlement Analysis
               System are invited to bring with them to the semi-
               nar sample cases for demonstration purposes.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: EPA enforcement staff

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

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                              Table of Contents
Health and Safety
    Basic Respiratory Protection Training                  115



    Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)                 115




    Disaster Response Training                          115



    Earthquake Preparedness Briefing                     116



    Emergency First Aid                                 116



    First Aid and CPR Training                           116



    Hazard Communication                              117



    Health and Safety Orientation                        117



    Initial Health and Safety Certification Training          118



    Inspection Procedures and Safety                     118



    Laboratory Safety Training                           118



    Motor Vehicle Safety/Defensive Driving Training         119



    Multimedia First Aid                                 119



    Personnel Protection and Safety                       119



    Recertification Health and Safety Training              120



    Refresher  Respiratory Protection Training              120



    Response  Safety Decision-Making                     120

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    Safety In the Field                                 121



    Safety Orientation for New Employees                 121



    Safety Refresher Training Course                     122




    Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Training    122



    Superfund Workshop for Managers                   122



    Workshop for Workers at Superfund Sites              123

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                      Health and Safety
Basic Respiratory Protection Training
       This basic course covers the regulations, use, and
       limitations on using respirators and Includes a
       respirator-fit test. The objective of this course is to
       provide field and laboratory employees with an
       understanding of the operation, use, and especial-
       ly  the limitations  of using air-purifying
       respirators. This training and fit testing is re-
       quired in accordance with the OSHA standard for
       employees who wear  air-purifying respirators
       during the performance of their duties.

       Length: 4-8 hours

       Target audience: Field or laboratory employees
       who wear or may be required to wear air-purifying
       respirators

       Sponsor/location: Regions 5, 10

Cardie-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)	

       See description under Personal  and Professional
       Development

Disaster Response Training

       This  course covers Heart Saver CPR,  Disaster
       First Aid, and Disaster Preparedness.

       Length: I day

       Target audience: Fire wardens

       Sponsor/location: Region 9

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         Earthquake Preparedness Briefing	

               This course gives an overview of Region 9's
               earthquake preparedness plan and discusses how
               the San Francisco Bay Area would fare In a major
               earthquake.

               Length: 1 hour

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

         Emergency First Aid	

               This course provides training on first-aid action
               for medical emergencies encountered in the field:
               severe bleeding, breathing/circulation stoppage,
               and shock resulting from Injuries.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Mandatory for field employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         First Aid and CPR Training	

               Utilizing discussion, demonstration, and  self-
               study, participants become familiar with first aid
               skills for wounds, shock, respiratory emergencies,
               poisoning, burns,  dressings and bandages, etc.
               Participants also become familiar with CPR prin-
               ciples and techniques and learn to demonstrate
               their application in a practice session.

               Length: 4 hours

               Target audience: Field    and   laboratory
               employees,  emergency coordinators and floor
               monitors

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               Sponsor/location: All locations

         Hazard Communication

               EPA Order 1440.7, Hazard Communication, and
               other Federal standards require the use of signs,
               tags, and labels to alert employees to actual or
               potential hazards in the workplace and to provide
               information on effects and protective measures.
               This  course covers the Agency's Hazard Com-
               munication program; risk and how to reduce it in
               the workplace; hazardous substances;  material
               safety data sheets; types of control methods; how
               when to select personal protective clothing and
               equipment; and emergency procedures.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: AH  employees  whose job re-
               quires that they work near or with hazardous sub-
               stances

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Health and Safety Orientation	

               This course covers a summary of OSHA and EPA
               regulations, medical monitoring requirements,
               training requirements, availability of protective
               clothing and equipment, etc.

               Length: 1-2 hours

               Target audience: All  field  inspectors  and
               laboratory employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 10

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         Initial Health and Safety Certification Training	

               This course covers health and safety requirements
               for EPA field personnel. It includes hazard recog-
               nition and awareness.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: EPA field inspection personnel

               Sponsor/location: Regions 2, 6, 9

         Inspection Procedures and Safety	

               This course presents inspection safety procedures
               for air pollution control systems. Practical techni-
               ques are described to aid plant operations person-
               nel  and regulatory agency inspectors  in
               minimizing health and safety hazards. Emphasis
               is placed on  the recognition  and avoidance of
               hazards, and the use of personal protection equip-
               ment is discussed. Discussions in this course are
               limited to air pollution control system inspection
               and maintenance. The course is intended to sup-
               plement general industrial hygiene and safety
               procedures courses which should be taken by all
               personnel engaged in field work.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Plant  operations personnel
               and regulatory agency inspectors

               Sponsor/location: APT!

         Laboratory Safety Training	

               This course provides training on safe handling of
               hazardous  and toxic materials in the laboratory
               and on prevention of personal  injury  and
               loss/damage through fire or explosion.

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                Length: 1 day

                Target audience: Mandatory for  all laboratory-
                employees

                Sponsor/location: Region 5; Cincinnati

         Motor Vehicle Safety/Defensive Driving Training	

                This course provides training on safe driving tech-
                niques for highway and city driving, the rules of
                the road, and Federal Vehicle Regulations.

                Length: 1 day

                Target audience: Mandatory training for all field
                employees and other employees regularly driving
                vehicles on official business

                Sponsor/location: Regions 5, 6, 10

         Multimedia First Aid	

                See description under Personal and Professional
                Development

         Personnel Protection and Safety

                This course provides basic information on the
                protection and safety of personnel engaged in field
                operations dealing with hazardous substances.
                Course topics include fundamentals of respiratory
                protection; types of  respiratory protection ap-
                paratus; protective clothing; air monitoring; and
                safety procedures for conducting response opera-
                tions.

                Length: 5 days

                Target audience: Personnel who respond to ac-
                cidents involving hazardous substances or inves-
                tigate hazardous waste sites.

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                Sponsor/location: All locations

         Recertification Health and Safety Training	

               Tliis  course covers pertinent field  health  and
                safety topics. It is required annually for all  EPA
                field personnel.

                Length: 1 day

                Target audience: Field personnel who  are
                presently certified at the basic, Intermediate, or
                advanced level

                Sponsor/location: Regions 6, 9

         Refresher Respiratory Protection Training	

                This course is  for employees who have had the
                Basic Respiratory Training course. The refresher
                course,  which  includes respirator fit testing,
                provides field and laboratory employees with an
                understanding of the operation, use, and especial-
                ly the limitations of air-purifying respirators. This
                training and fit testing is required in accordance
                with OSHA standards for employees who wear air-
                purifying respirators during the performance of
                their duties.

                Length: 1-2 hours

                Target audience: Field or laboratory employees
                who wear or may be required to wear air-purifying
                respirators

                Sponsor/location: Region 10

         Response Safety Decision-Making	

                This course complements other EPA basic safety
                courses and provides participants with more
                detailed guidance for making effective  safety

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               decisions.  Course topics include the respon-
               sibilities and liabilities of a response safety officer.
               the requirements for an overall health and safety
               program, risk assessment and its impact on safety
               planning, technical areas of response safety, and
               developing  and implementing site-specific safety
               plans.

               Length: 4 days

               Target audience: EPA,  State,   and  local
               employees  who develop,  implement, or manage
               safety programs for  chemical emergencies or
               cleanup at  abandoned hazardous waste sites

               Sponsor/location: All locations

         Safety in the Field	

               This course provides training on hazard recogni-
               tion and evaluation, safe use of field instrumenta-
               tion for radiation,  basic toxicology,  and safe
               sampling techniques.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Mandatory  for  all  field
               employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Safety Orientation for New Employees

               This program presents an overview of safety pro-
               cedures: general safety, security, office safety, ac-
               cident reporting, and building tour.

               Length: 11/2 hours

               Target audience: All new employees

               Sponsor/location: Regions 3, 10

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         Safety Refresher Training Course	

               This course reinforces and complements initial,
               routine training of employees assigned to work in
               the field.  The  areas of specific training in the
               course include topics of current Interest and re-
               quested topics. Including site-control measures.
               decontamination procedures,  confined-space
               entry, respiratory protection, and special topics
               such as asbestos-exposure control.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Field personnel

               Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 10

         Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Training

               This course on the use and operation of SCBAs in-
               cludes donning and wearing the respirators for
               approximately  15 minutes. The objective is to
               maintain proficiency in the use of self-contained
               breathing apparatuses for employees who wear
               the units during field or emergency activities.

               Length: 1-2 hours

               Target audience: Field hazardous investigation
               teams;  emergency response station, laboratory
               spill response teams

               Sponsor/location: Region 10

         Superfund Workshop for Managers	

               This course covers training, medical surveillance,
               and industrial hygiene monitoring programs at
               Superfund sites.

               Length: 1 day

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               Target audience: Managers and supervisors of
               employees Involved with hazardous materials and
               their cleanup

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

        Workshop for Workers at Superfund Sites	

               This course, designed to fulfill OSHA require-
               ments, covers hazard recognition, toxicology, per-
               sonal protective equiment, monitoring equipment,
               site control, and contingency planning.

               Length: 40 hours

               Target audience: EPA, State,  and  local person-
               nel who work at Superfund sites

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

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      DEVELOPMENT

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                            Table of Contents
Personal and Professional Development	





   Asbestos Removal in the Home: What You Need To Know 131



   Accelerated Reading                              131



   Black History Month Seminar                      132



   Career Checkup                                  132



   Career Development for Secretarial and Support Staff   132



   Career Management Workshop                      133



   Career Planning and Development                   133



   Characteristics of Success                         134



   Course Design                                   134



   CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation)                134



   CPR and Emergency Response First Aid               135



   Creative Problem Solving    •                      135



   DATAHEALTH—Ergonomic Training for VDT Operators  135



   EEO Coordinators Training                         136



   EEO Training for Counselors                       136



   EEO Training for Employees                        137



   Effective Listening and Memory Development          137



   Effective People Skills                             138

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    EPA Institute Instructor Training                     138

    Ergonomic Skills Training                           138

    Fear of Success                                   139

    Federally Employed Women National Training Program   139

    Financial Planning Seminar                         140

    First Aid In the Home and Office                      141

    FreshStart                                       141

    Grammar and Punctuation                          141

    The Grammar of Clarity: Writing for Clericals,
    Engineers, and Administrative Staff                   142

    Grammar: The Written and Spoken Word              142

    Health Awareness and Education Seminar             143

    Healthy Back                                     143
    How To Get Control of Your Time and Your Job         143
    Interpersonal Communications                       144

    Leadership and Women                             144

    Lunchtlme Training Video Series                     145
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    Merit Promotion and Preparing an Effective SF-171      145

    Multimedia First Aid                                145

    National Security Policy                            146

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    New Employee Orientation                         146

    Other People Aren't Like Me. Why? {Myers-Brlggs Type
    Indicator)                                        146

    Performance Anxiety                              147

    Personnel Information Series                        147

    Personnel Management for EEO Staff                 148

    Planning for Career Advancement                    148

    Pre-Action Investigations                           148

    Prevention of Sexual Harassment                    149

    Program Evaluation Techniques                     149

    Retirement Planning Seminar                       150

    Sexual Harassment Update                         150

    SF-171 Preparation Workshop                       150

    Spanish Conversation                             151

    Stress Management                               151

    Summer Wellness Lecture Series                     151

    Time Management                                152

    Tax Reform Act of 1986                            152

    Women's Week Programs                           153

    Working (Zenger-Miller)                            153

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   Your Image—Making the Most of You              153

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          Personal and Professional

                           Development


Asbestos Removal in the Home: What You Need To Know

      This seminar covers topics for homeowners who
      may encounter asbestos in their homes. It in-
      cludes a discussion on the history of asbestos; as-
      bestos-containing products that are commonly
      found in the home; how to identify asbestos on
      home heating systems; regulations which cover
      asbestos removal in the home; how to locate  a
      reputable contractor; proper removal and han-
      dling of asbestos-containing materials; and infor-
      mation sources.

      Length: I 1/2-2 hours

      Target audience: Anyone contemplating an as-
      bestos-removal project or anyone who wishes to
      gain knowledge in the area of asbestos

      Sponsor/location: Region 1

Accelerated Reading	

      This course will help participants increase their
      reading speed by at least 50 percent while main-
      taining at least the same level of comprehension.
      The course uses a variety of reading-skill techni-
      ques suitable for different types of government
      reading materials.

      Length; 4-5 days

      Target audience: Professional  and  paraprofes-
      sional employees

      Sponsor/location: Region 3; RTF

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         Black History Month Seminar	

               The A. W. Breidenbach Environmental Research
               Center Office of Civil Rights sponsors a seminar in
               observance  of Black History Month each
               February, evolving around a theme. Topics have
               included The Afro-American Family, Where We Go
               from Here, How We Get There, and Heritage for
               America.

               Length: 1-2 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

         Career Checkup	

               This course helps participants give their careers
               more direction and increases  their self-under-
               standing.  It provides a systematic approach to
               career planning. Topics include assessing your in-
               terests, skills, and abilities; determining what you
               want to do; formulating long- and short-range
               goals;  starting an Individual development plan;
               and resources for potential help.

               Length: 3 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

         Career Development for Secretarial and Support Staff

               Knowledge of the Federal system, both in terms of
               skills and performance  and in terms of the rules
               of the personnel  system, is an important con-
               tributor to effective career planning. This course
               acquaints participants with some ins and outs of
               the personnel system, helps evaluate skills and
               goals within it, and helps set goals.

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               Length: I day

               Target audience: Secretarial and support staff

               Sponsor/location Ann Arbor

        Career Management Workshop	

               This workshop includes information about
               knowledge, skill and ability (KSA) requirements
               for equal or higher level jobs, along with training
               and developmental assignment implications. The
               course is divided into four parts: Where am I now?
               Who am I? How are my goals and those of EPA re-
               lated? Where do I want to go, and what will I do
               next? The workshop teaches participants the con-
               cepts  and tools of career planning and  how to
               apply them to their own  careers. It also conveys
               the concept of dual career paths for scientists and
               technical employees in EPA.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Regions 4, 8, 9;
               Ann Arbor

        Career Planning and Development	

               This course gives participants an  understanding
               of the importance of an effective career plan. Par-
               ticipants examine their career plan, analyze their
               current strengths and weaknesses, and adopt a
               plan for success that includes both short- and
               long-range planning.

               Length: I day

               Target audience: All EPA support staff

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

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         Characteristics of Success	

               This course uses  an Informal lecture format
               designed to encourage questions and group par-
               ticipation. Topics to be discussed include: what is
               a promotable image; what  are the basic skills
               shared by upward mobility employees; does
               everyone need to possess the same skills; does it
               help to have a role model or mentor; how does at-
               titude affect advancement; how do you get there
               from here?

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience: Anyone Interested in career
               advancement

               Sponsor/location: Region 10

         Course Design	

               This course helps Instructors  design a lively
               course that serves  their purposes.  The precise
               format of the course depends on the needs of the
               participants. A workbook complements  the
               course.

               Length: 1 day,  followed by individual consult-
               ation

               Target audience: EPA employees  and work
               groups designing approved Institute courses

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation)	

               This course trains participants in the method of
               restoring breathing and circulation to victims of
               an accident or sudden illness such as heart at-
               tack. The course includes lectures,  demonstra-
               tions, and mannequin practices.

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               Length: 3-4 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Region 2; Cin-
               cinnati; RTF

         CPR and Emergency Response First Aid	

               This emergency-response training teaches techni-
               ques for adult and single-person rescue for CPR
               certification.  The 12 lifesaving  steps, which in-
               clude bandaging, treating shock, splinting frac-
               tures, treating burns, choking, symptoms of heart
               attack, etc., are covered.

               Length: 8 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location; Region 3

         Creative Problem Solving	

               This course enables participants to use a simple
               model for analyzing and solving problems, teaches
               them to use their senses more effectively  as
               problem-solving tools and to use both sides of
               their brains in the problem-solving process, and
               helps them improve their listening and facilitation
               skills.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 9; RTF

         DATAHEALTH-Ergonomic Training for VDT Operators

               This course enables employees to perform their
               jobs more  effectively by improving  their health

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               and comfort, and encourages them to apply basic
               ergonomic principles.  Participants are en-
               couraged to make optimum use of their existing
               equipment in their  existing  environment  given
               their existing job design. DATAHEALTH provides a
               "do-it-yourself1  approach that allows and en-
               courages employees  to take charge of their own
               environment and work organization.

               Length: 1 day plus work area visit and consult-
               ation for each participant

               Target audience: Employees who  use word
               processing  or computer  equipment  with VDT
               screens

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         EEO Coordinators Training	

               This training focuses on affirmative  action:
               recruitment, goals, barriers, and completing the
               annual Affirmative Action Plan.  Workshops are
               conducted on specific subjects, such  as dis-
               crimination complaints, dealing with managers,
               etc. Program  evaluations  and EEO updates are
               given.

               Length: 3 1/2 days

               Target audience: EEO coordinators

               Sponsor/location: Office  of  Civil Rights; Las
               Vegas

         EEO Training for Counselors	

               This training outlines the basic components of the
               EEO process and the  responsibilities of EEO
               counselors and provides updates on regulatory re-
               quirements.

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               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: EEO counselors

               Sponsor/location: Office  of Civil Rights; Las
               Vegas

         EEO "Raining for Employees	

               The training outlines the basic components of the
               EEO  process  and provides information on
               employee rights.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience; All employees

               Sponsor/location: Office  of Civil Rights; Las
               Vegas

         Effective Listening and Memory Development	

               Most government workers spend 40 to 50 percent
               of their workday listening. Through listening sur-
               veys, brief lectures, practical exercises and dis-
               cussions participants learn practical techniques
               for improving listening skills. They learn to recog-
               nize and overcome barriers to effective listening;
               better  organize information transmitted  orally;
               and comprehend, retain and recall Information
               more effectively.

               Length: 16 hours

               Target audience: Employees  who need to im-
               prove listening and memory skills

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Region 2; RTF

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         Effective People Skills	

                This seminar  is designed to help participants
                learn about their behavioral  style of interaction
                and that of others; learn about people and their
                needs;  and learn to increase their productivity
                and personal satisfaction.

                Length: 1 day

                Target audience: All employees

                Sponsor/location: Region 2; Cincinnati

         EPA Institute Instructor Training	

                This program is designed by the EPA Institute to
                prepare people who have been selected by their or-
                ganizations as trainers for Institute courses. The
                objectives of the course are to train people In
                making their course presentations as effective as
                possible, using a wide range of training  techni-
                ques and approaches; to develop strategies for
                self-presentation, tailoring to the learner,  par-
                ticipation by the group,  and  solving potential
                problems;  to  develop  approaches suitable for
                adult learners in a peer situation; and to develop
                a support network of Institute trainers at EPA so
                they can exchange ideas, feedback, and contacts.


                Length: 3 days

                Target audience: EPA employees who are plan-
                ning to teach in the Institute

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations

         Ergonomic Skills Training	

                Ergonomics is the study of the relationship be-
                tween people and machines. Ergonomics seeks to

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               Improve the comfort, health, and productivity in
               the automated office. Dataspan training develops
               an awareness of proper physical techniques which
               can increase comfort and reduce fatigue, stress,
               eye strain, back strain, and neck strain. Topics in-
               clude visual scan training; visual memory/per-
               ceptual   accuracy    training;   auditory
               memory/recognition training;  and  adjusting
               chairs and  screens, arranging desks and acces-
               sories, and  organizing documents.

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience: Support  service staff and
               others who  must work at office machines for long
               periods of time

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Fear of Success	

               In recent years, more opportunities have opened
               for career advancement for many people. Women,
               minorities, and individuals whose vocational suc-
               cesses have placed them in higher socioeconomic
               brackets now face  a new problem: how to cope
               with the success that they worked toward, didn't
               expect, and now fear. Thinking successfully can
               lead to feeling successful—and this program aims
               to overcome fear of success by straightening out
               the thinking process.

               Length: 1 hour

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location; Region 3

         Federally Employed Women National Training Program

               Federally Employed Women (FEW) is the major
               professional association for women in the Federal

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               Government. The workshops offered at the Na-
               tional Training Program are valuable for all
               employed  women.  Each year more than 100
               workshops are offered in five different sessions.
               The committee recommends that two people at-
               tend: the FWPM and one other elected committee
               member who has shown an active interest in the
               women's program. The FWPC also recommends
               that each of the five divisions and staff offices be
               encouraged to sponsor one of their employees to
               attend this yearly training.

               Length: varies

               Target audience: Interested  EPA   women
               employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Financial Planning Seminar	

               This course is intended to help Federal employees
               make decisions on  switching to the Federal
               Employee Retirement System (FERS) or remaining
               under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)
               and on participating in the Thrift Plan. It includes
               an overview of the financial planning  process
               which involves defining personal goals, preparing
               financial statements, analyzing financial situa-
               tions, and developing a plan to achieve goals. It
               also includes a review of FERS and the Thrift Plan
               with group discussions on how financial planning
               techniques can be used to make decisions on set-
               ting up a plan for retirement.

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience: All EPA employees

               Sponsor/location; HQ  Institute;  Regions  2,  9;
               Cincinnati

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         First Aid in the Home and Office	

                This class is designed to teach individuals the first
                aid provided in emergency care of bums, seizures,
                choking, poisons, cuts, and bruises. Information
                in this class  is designed  for emergencies that
                occur in the metropolitan area.

                Length: 1/2 day

                Target audience: All employees

                Sponsor/location: Regions 2. 3

         FreshStart	

                This program  was developed  as part of the new
                EPA smoking policy and is presented in coopera-
                tion with the American Cancer Society.  It is
                designed to help participants stop smoking  by
                providing them with  all the information and
                strategies needed to direct their  own  efforts at
                stopping. The program focuses on an active, prag-
                matic approach to quitting smoking. Participants
                are encouraged to apply what they learn in Fresh-
                Start to other aspects of their lives.

                Length: 4 1-hour sessions

                Target audience; All EPA employees

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Grammar and Punctuation	

                In this course,  participants develop  skills  in
                reviewing and  applying the major rules of gram-
                mar,  punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
                They will also learn editing techniques and how to
                write more clearly, correctly, and concisely.

                Length: 4 hours

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                Target audience; All Interested employees

                Sponsor/location: Region 3

         The Grammar of Clarity: Writing for Clericals, Engineers,
         and Administrative Staff	

                This seminar is offered at three separate times for
                three target audiences: clericals, engineers and
                scientists, and administrative staff. It reviews the
                essentials of English grammar Including sentence
                structure, punctuation, spelling, and editing tech-
                niques. The class will examine samples of good
                and poor writing in letters, memos, and reports.
                Class  exercises  will help writers with problems
                such as wordiness, confusion, and writer's block.

                Length: 2 hours per week for 6 weeks

                Target audience: Separate classes for clerical
                staff, engineers and scientists, and administrative
                staff

                Sponsor/location: Region 1

         Grammar: The Written and Spoken Word	

                This course provides a thorough review of English
                grammar and its correct usage in the Government
                office. The course includes lectures, visuals,
                group discussion, and workbook exercises using
                EPA materials.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience: Entry- and mid-level support
                staff.

                Sponsor/location: Region 5

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         Health Awareness and Education Seminar	

               This course covers a variety of physical and men-
               tal health issues,  such as How To  Cope with
               Stress, Clearing the Air About AIDS, Getting into
               Shape, and Avoiding Accidents.

               Length: 1-2 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

         Healthy Back

               This program addresses the four elements that go
               into a healthy back lifestyle: understanding how
               your back functions, how  to keep your back in
               good condition, proper techniques for lifting, and
               how to relieve back pain if it does occur.

               Length: 11/2 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

         How To Get Control of Your Time and Your Job	

               This course has been developed by Alan Lakeln
               and is distributed by The Calty Curtis Company,
               Hollywood,  California.  This management
               workshop  contains two films and Is  an oppor-
               tunity to learn ways to make the most efficient use
               of time. The seminar helps participants develop
               concrete skill to gain mastery over their lives and
               their jobs.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: All interested employees

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               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Interpersonal Communications	

               This course is designed to help  participants in-
               crease their personal and organizational effective-
               ness through improved communications in the
               office.  Participants will learn to deal more effec-
               tively with people  and to build stronger working
               relationships. Communication techniques which
               reduce conflict and misunderstanding are em-
               phasized.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Secretaries and support staff

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; RTF

         Leadership and Women	

               Instructional strategies used in this course are
               designed for maximum group interaction. Back-
               ground reading assignments supplement role
               plays,  discussions, case studies and simulations.
               Participants learn  to assess their primary style of
               leadership and tendencies to practice a single
               style;  identify the  characteristics of various
               leadership styles and determine the effects of each
               on others' behavior and performance; better un-
               derstand their role as supervisor and identify
               specifically their role in the organization.

               Length: 24 hours

               Target audience: Employees in  managerial,
               professional, technical or administrative positions

               Sponsor/location: RTF

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         Lunchtime Training Video Series	

               During their lunch hour, employees may view a
               work-related video. Titles include "A Tale of 'O'";
               "Beyond Excellence: The Super Achievers"; "How
               Am I Doing?"; "Meetings, Bloody Meetings"; "Mor-
               ris Massey Triad: The Past, the Present, and the
               Future"; and others.

               Length: approximately 1/2 hour-1 hour

               Target audience: Managers and supervisors; all
               employees welcome

               Sponsor/location: Region 1

         Merit Promotion and Preparing on Effective SF-171	

               This workshop is designed to help employees un-
               derstand the Merit  Promotion Program. It also
               helps participants write effective Job descriptions
               to improve the presentation of their qualifications
               and experience.

               Length: 2 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location; Region 3

         Multimedia First Aid	

               The course includes instruction on how to stop
               bleeding, care of bums, choking, rescue, bandag-
               ing, and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

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         National Security Policy	

               This seminar is designed to provide an introduc-
               tion to the complex problems involved in the ad-
               ministration  of national security policy. It
               includes the interrelationships between the politi-
               cal, military, technological and doctrinal  factors
               affecting national security.

               Length: 80 hours

               Target audience: Interested employees

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         New Employee Orientation	

               All locations  provide  orientation for  new
               employees.  The precise form  and length of the
               orientation  differ from one place to another. For
               specific information, contact your training office.

               Length: varies

               Target audience: Ail new employees

               Sponsor/location; All locations

         Other People Aren't Like Me. Why? (Myers-Briggs Type
         Indicator)	

               This is not so much a course, but a test and its in-
               terpretation. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
                (MBTI) is an excellent tool for clarifying types and
               preferences as they relate in the workplace. The
               results give a fairly in-depth interpretation as well
               as a sophisticated profile of participants' types as
               they relate  to others. Participants will be tested
               and the results interpreted and discussed either
               individually or in the group.

               Length: 1/2 day

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               Target audience: All EPA employees

               Sponsor/location; Region 10

         Performance Anxiety	

               Athletes, performing artists, and public officials
               have to battle that enemy of optimum perfor-
               mance—anxiety. Many people who are not as
               visible In the community also experience a sense
               of panic which can inhibit optimum performance.
               This program identifies sources  of anxiety and
               presents strategies and techniques of relaxation
               and thinking to reduce anxiety and  improve
               ability to perform in work, school, on the playing
               field, or in the public eye.

               Length: 1 hour

               Target audience; All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

         Personnel Information Series	

               The Personnel Information Series is a continuing
               program that utilizes formal Instruction, brown-
               bag lunches, and panel formats to cover a variety
               of personnel topics of interest to  regional
               employees. The primary objective of the series is
               to ensure that employees are knowledgeable in the
               fundamentals of the  personnel  administrative
               systems that affect them.

               Length: 1/2-1 hour

               Target audience: All EPA employees

               Sponsor/location; Region 10

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        Personnel Management for EEO Staff	

               The course shows how EEO objectives may be In-
               tegrated into Agency personnel policies and prac-
               tices. Among the topics to be covered in the course
               are personnel management and the management
               process; using the Federal Personnel Manual;
               position classification and position management;
               training and development;  staffing  and place-
               ment; employee and labor relations; and appeals
               and grievances.

               Length: 32 hours

               Target audience: Employees with EEO respon-
               sibilities

               Sponsor/location: Region 5; RTP

        Planning for Career Advancement	

               This workshop outlines strategies for career ad-
               vancement with  particular emphasis on the
               Federal system. Participants learn to assess their
               strengths (and value  systems);  enrich their
               present job; develop skills in assertive interview-
               ing  and preparing an  effective  SF-171; and
               develop a plan to achieve their career goals.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Ml employees in grades GS-9
               and below

               Sponsor/location: Region 10

        Pre-Action Investigations

               This course presents techniques and information
               in order to ensure that investigations are proper-
               ly and effectively carried out. Participants learn
               about personnel regulations dealing with discipli-

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               naty actions; appeal/grievance procedures avail-
               able to employees; and basic approaches neces-
               sary for conducting a pre-action investigation.
               They also are offered a suggested report format for
               presenting findings resulting from pre-action in-
               vestigations.

               Length: 16 hours

               Target audience: Officially designated pre-ac-
               tion investigators

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Prevention of Sexual Harassment	

               This  training  consists  of definition,  respon-
               sibilities,  and updates  on preventing sexual
               harassment in the work place.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Ml employees; special session
               for supervisors

               Sponsor/location: Region 2; Las Vegas

         Program Evaluation Techniques

               This course explores concepts,  skills, techniques,
               and issues involved in assessing the impact of a
               given project or program; the progress of a project,
               program, or managerial activity during implemen-
               tation; and longitudinal  studies. Topics include
               the purposes and types of evaluation; the relation-
               ship of evaluation to planning and the manage-
               ment  process; problem identification and
               formulation; selection of evaluation criteria; data
               collection methods; sampling theory and techni-
               ques; and analysis and interpretation.

               Length: 3 days

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               Target audience: Staff members who are in-
               volved in making evaluations, or who are subject
               to the outcome of evaluations

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Retirement Planning Seminar	

               This seminar helps employees plan and enjoy a
               successful retirement life. Topics include retire-
               ment benefits, social security, health, legal, and
               tax aspects.

               Length: 2-3 days

               Target audience: Those employees (and their
               spouses) within 5 years of retirement

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 6; Ann
               Arbor; Cincinnati; RTF

         Sexual Harassment Update	

               This training consists  of definition,  respon-
               sibilities, and  updates on preventing sexual
               harassment in the workplace.

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience: All employees; special session
               for supervisors

               Sponsor/location: Las Vegas

         SF-171 Preparation Workshop	

               This course offers valuable information on how
               best to complete the SF-171 and also reviews the
               purpose of ranking factors which are listed  on
               Merit Promotion announcements.

               Length: 2 hours

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                Target audience: All employees

                Sponsor/location: Regions 2, 9

         Spanish Conversation _

                This course will develop and improve basic
                Spanish skills. Case studies and examples will be
                used to highlight specific ways Spanish can be
                used to enhance the Agency's goals.

                Length: 1 hour per week for 8 weeks

                Target audience: Employees    with    some
                knowledge of Spanish

                Sponsor/location; Region 3

         Stress Management _

                This course teaches participants to identify "stres-
                sors" in their lives.  Participants examine at-
                titudes, learn how they affect the perception of
                stress, and learn skills for dealing more effective-
                ly with stress.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience; All employees

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2,9, 10

         Summer Wellness Lecture Series

                This is a series of lectures that focus on topics re-
                lated to the overall issue of well-being. Topics in-
                clude such  things as fitness, nutrition, weight
                loss,  relaxation, parenting, etc. The objective of
                the series is to provide participants with Informa-
                tion that will  enable them to enhance their
                productivity through better well-being.

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               Length: 1 hour

               Target audience; All EPA employees

               Sponsor/location; Region 10

         rime Management	

               The objective of this course is to help employees
               at all levels make the best possible use of time—
               their  own, their subordinates',  and  their
               coworkers'. Topics include how to save up to 2 full
               hours  every working day, how to decide what is
               important and what is urgent, how to cut down
               the "time wasters" in a day, and how to conquer
               procrastination. Participants will also learn a sys-
               tematic approach to organizing time better.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: All EPA employees

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Regions 2, 5;
               RTP

         Tax Reform Act of! 986	

               The Tax Reform Act of 1986 made sweeping chan-
               ges to the tax system. This seminar explains those
               changes that apply to individuals by presenting
               an overview of how the major provisions of the new
               law differ from the old, which provisions of the old
               law have been repealed, and how the new law af-
               fects dependents.

               Length: 1 hour

               Target audience: All Employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

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         Women's Week Programs

               To celebrate Women's History Month, the A. W.
               Breidenbach Environmental Research Center
               Federal Women's Program sponsors at least four
               workshops.  Examples  of topics are  Women in
               Science and Engineering, Educational Options for
               Career Advancement,  Conflict  Resolution, and
               Managing Career and Family.

               Length: 1-2 hours

               Target audience: All employees

               Sponsor/location; Cincinnati

         Working (Zenger-Miller)	

               "Working" is a Zenger-Miller skill development
               program designed to give individual workers the
               confidence to contribute and the skills to com-
               municate and participate effectively. It is a value-
               driven skills program that stresses such  basic
               principles as treating coworkers with respect and
               courtesy and maintaining constructive relation-
               ships with team  members. It also  encourages
               employees to take initiatives to improve the way
               they do their work and how they communicate.

               Length: 12 2-hour sessions

               Target audience: Nonsupervisory employees

               Sponsor/location: Regions  1, 6, 9; Las Vegas

         Your Image—Making the Most of You	

               This highly interactive  workshop gives par-
               ticipants an opportunity  to evaluate the image
               they present to others and identify activities and
               skills that can help build their own and others'
               self-esteem. Participants learn to avoid personal-

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               appearance pitfalls that  detract from a profes-
               sional image; identify personal strengths; develop
               a  professional  image;  and learn to use hand-
               shakes and other forms of nonverbal behavior to
               communicate confidence and competence.

               Length: I day

               Target audience: All interested employees

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

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   STAFF DEVELOPMENT

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Secretarial and Support Staff Development


    Administrative Forms Preparation                   159

    Advanced Proofreading                            159

    Basic Proofreading                                159

    Basic Writing and Grammar for Secretaries and Support
    Staff                                           160

    Better Office Skills and Services                     160

    Career Development For Secretarial and Support Staff  161

    Certified Professional Secretaries (CPS) Program        161

    Clerical Skills Review                              161

    Congressional Briefing Conference for Secretaries and
    Support Staff                                    162

    Correspondence Formats and Procedures             162

    Effective Job Interviewing Skills for Support Staff       162

    Environmental Studies Program                     163

    Filing                                           163

    How To Prepare the SF-182                         164

    The Making of a Leader                            164

    Management Development for Secretaries             164

    Managing Office Relationships                       165

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    Office Automation Concepts for Secretaries and Support
    Staff                                            165
    Office Management                                166
    Office Procedures Workshop for Support Staff          166
    Office Productivity                                 167
    Professionalism in the Office                         167
    Reading Comprehension                            168
    Records Disposition                               168
    Secretarial Decision-making                         168
    The Secretary and the Supervisor                    169
    Supervisory Training for Secretaries and Administrative
    Assistants                                        169
    Survival Skills for Secretarial Staff                   170
    Telephone Training                                170
    Timekeeping                                      171
    Travel (Lodgings-Plus)                              171

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     Secretarial and Support Staff
          	Development
Administrative Forms Preparation
      This workshop provides a comprehensive over-
      view of the preparation of commonly used EPA ad-
      ministrative forms  (e.g.,training,  personnel,
      procurement).

      Length: 3 hours

      Target audience: Secretarial and clerical staff

      Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 2, 3

Advanced Proofreading	

      This course trains participants to proofread more
      systematically, thoroughly,  and quickly.  The
      course format includes lecture,  workshop, and
      visual scanning. Topics covered are proofreading
      using specific techniques, developing visual ac-
      curacy,  sharpening basic language skills, and
      techniques to reduce errors.

      Length: I day

      Target audience: Mid- and senior-level support
      staff

      Sponsor/location: Region 5

Basic Proofreading	

      Using a  variety  of EPA-typed materials,  this
      workshop-and-lecture  course teaches par-
      ticipants how to look for errors, how to use
      proofreading symbols, how to shorten time spent

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               proofreading, and how to review correspondence
               for content, good sentence structure, misspelling,
               and spacing.

               Length: 4-18 hours

               Target audience: Entry- and mid-level support
               staff

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 4, 5, 6,
               10; RTF

         Basic Writing and Grammar for Secretaries and Support
         Staff	

               This course, which is  specifically  designed  for
               secretarial and support personnel, covers the
               basic theory and practices of effective writing. It
               includes writing and editing exercises as well as
               skills-building practice in grammar. Areas of writ-
               ing weakness will be identified, and participants
               will  be shown easy ways to use the principles of
               effective word usage and correct English.

               Length: 1-4 days

               Target audience: Secretarial and support staff

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 6

         Better Office Skills and Services	

               This course gives clerical employees the oppor-
               tunity to learn about proper work attitudes, the
               role of the clerical support staff, office diplomacy
               and  human relations, telephone techniques,
               proper grammar, organizing work,  and effective
               methods of communication.

               Length: 2 days

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               Target audience: New    clerical    support
               employees

               Sponsor/location: Regions 9, 10; RTF

         Career Development For Secretarial and Support Staff

               See description under Personal and Professional
               Development

         Certified Professional Secretaries (CPS) Program	

               This program provides support to secretarial staff
               to prepare for the CPS examination through onslte
               college-level courses. (The CPS is a registered ser-
               vice mark rating that has become the standard for
               measuring secretarial proficiency.) To attain the
               CPS  rating, a secretary must meet certain educa-
               tion  and work-experience requirements and pass
               the  2-day  examination  administered annually.
               The  CPS examination covers behavioral science,
               law,  economics, accounting, office administration,
               communications, and office technology.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Secretarial and clerical staff

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

         Clerical Skills Review

               This course emphasizes  how to  use the Clerical
               Manual and offers refresher training on telephone
               techniques, correspondence procedures and
               policies, and completion of administrative forms.

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience: Secretaries,  clerk-typists,
               Stay-in-School employees

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                Sponsor/location: Region 9

         Congressional Briefing Conference for Secretaries and
         Support Staff

                This course is tailored for personnel who provide
                technical  or administrative support for the
                Agency's legislative activities and need a basic in-
                troduction to congressional processes. The course
                provides comprehensive orientation to  the  or-
                ganization, personnel, functions and operations of
                Congress,  particularly as it affects the executive
                branch.

                Length: 2  days

                Target audience: Secretarial and support staff
                (GS-5 through GS-9)

                Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; RTF

         Correspondence Formats and Procedures	

                This workshop reviews EPA procedures and policy
                for formatting letters and memorandum and gives
                an overview of regional correspondence proce-
                dures.

                Length: 3  hours

                Target audience: Secretarial and clerical staff

                Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 9

         Effective Job Interviewing Skills tor Support Staff	

                This workshop addresses the skills needed to con-
                duct oneself effectively while being interviewed for
                a job vacancy. It will focus on the techniques im-
                portant to making a favorable impression in an In-
                terview. Practice interviews will be  critiqued
                individually by the instructor.

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               Length: 3 hours

               Target audience: Secretarial, clerical, and sup-
               port staff

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2. 3;
               RTF

         Environmental Studies Program	

               In conjunction with Temple University, Region 3
               has developed an Environmental Studies Program
               to assist employees in their professional develop-
               ment. Course offerings include English Composi-
               tion. How To Prepare A Research Paper, People
               and Environment, Environmental Policies, Urban
               Government, and Urban Policy Analysis—An En-
               vironmental Focus.

               Length: 15 weeks

               Target audience: Upward Mobility employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

         Filing

               This course acquaints participants with the types
               of filing systems designated for EPA use and sug-
               gestions for systems to be used by individual of-
               fices. The course also covers what to file, how to
               create a filing system, and archiving procedures.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: All support staff

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

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         How To Prepare the SF-182	

               This course provides basic training on prepara-
               tion of the Request. Authorization, Agreement and
               Certification  of Training  (SF-182)  form.  Par-
               ticipants will learn when, why, and how to fill out
               the SF-182.

               Length: 11/2 hours

               Target audience: Secretarial staff

               Sponsor/location: Regions 2,10

         The Making of a Leader	

               The objective of this course Is to  equip  par-
               ticipants  with the concepts and tools needed to
               grow into mature, effective leaders.  Through  a
               combination of lecture, workshop, and video, the
               course covers such topics as characteristics of a
               good leader,  communication, decision making,
               controlling situations,  morale and  motivation,
               and team development.

               Length: 16 half-day sessions

               Target audience: Supervisory secretaries

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Management Development tor Secretaries	

               This program emphasizes career development for
               the senior-level secretary. Topics include Under-
               standing Motivational  Needs, Problem-Solving
               and Decision-Making,  Managing Growth and
               Change, and Communication Rights and Respon-
               sibilities.

              ^Length: 1/2 day

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                Target audience: Senior-level secretaries

                Sponsor/location: Region 3

         Managing Office Relationships	

                This course was designed by a group of secretaries
                at headquarters to train other secretaries to cope
                better with everyday office situations. Through
                group discussion and exercises, this course uses
                "real life" examples to illustrate typical problems
                and practical solutions. The course provides prac-
                tical strategies for dealing with office relationships
                to increase professionalism; reduce work-related
                stress; and enhance ability to get the job done.

                Length: 1 day

                Tea-get audience: Secretarial and clerical staff

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 3; RTF

         Office Automation Concepts for Secretaries and Support
         Staff	

                This course explores the impact of technology on
                the traditional office structure. It acquaints par-
                ticipants with the kinds of automated equipment
                that can be found in the office today and in the fu-
                ture; participants will learn technology that  will
                allow the truly "paperless office." Changes In the
                traditional boss-secretary relationship will be ex-
                plored, and the responsibilities of the secretary
                and support staff in the management of office
                automation systems will be defined. A session will
                be devoted to ergonomics and exercises that will
                help relieve stress associated with working at a
                terminal. Skill requirements, career paths, and
                educational  opportunities in preparing for a
                career In the office of the future will be addressed.

                Length: 2 days

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               Target audience: Secretaries and support staff

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Office Management	

               This  course discusses interpersonal and
               managerial issues from the manager's point of
               view for those who are managing offices or coor-
               dinating clerical work. Upon completion  of this
               course, participants will be able to: identify basic
               steps in goal setting and the management-by-ob-
               jectives process; identify the managerial functions
               in their  jobs; apply planning, organizing, and
               communicating techniques  for more effective of-
               fice management; discuss motivation theories and
               how to apply them; and recognize factors con-
               tributing to increased office  productivity.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Employees responsible  for
               clerical-managerial activities in their offices

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 10

         Office Procedures Workshop tor Support Staff	

               This course teaches skills necessary to perform
               successfully  in the  modern  government office.
               Simulated work projects, role  playing,  and
               audiovisual aids and discussion are used In this
               program.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Secretarial and support staff

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

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         Office Productivity

               This program utilizes the workshop approach in
               teaching participants how to work effectively with
               people and systems.

               Participants learn  to analyze  work flow and
               relationships with peers, supervisors and subor-
               dinates; develop work objectives and set priorities;
               identify steps to be followed in solving a problem;
               develop strategies for implementing small-scale
               change; and identify criteria to be used in mean-
               ingful staff evaluation.

               Length: 24 hours

               Target audience: Secretaries, administrative as-
               sistants, staff assistants, office managers and su-
               pervisors

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Professionalism in the Office	

               This course,  which uses lecture,  video,  and
               workshop techniques,  acquaints participants
               with the skills that make employees more profes-
               sional on the job. Topics include understanding
               your role in the organization, professional be-
               havior, communication, time management,  per-
               sonal  organization,  and motivation  and
               self-development.

               Length: 8 hours

               Target audience; All support staff

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 5, 10

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         Reading Comprehension	

               This course helps support staff achieve Increased
               reading  comprehension, reading rate, recall,
               retention, and flexibility with all types of reading
               material. The course includes reading, practical
               exercises, and homework.

               Length: 2 half days a week for 8 weeks

               Target audience: All support staff

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Records Disposition

               This course  acquaints participants with proper
               procedures for maintaining  and disposing of
               Federal records. Topics include organization and
               management of records,  archiving, record-reten-
               tion period, packaging, and shipping. Participants
               tour the Records Center Facility.

               Length:  1 day

               Target audience: Mid- and senior-level support
               staff

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Secretarial Decision-making	

               This course is taught using in-basket exercises,
               simulation, group discussions, case studies and
               role playing. Participants learn to apply a sys-
               tematic approach to decision-making and
               problem-solving;  separate facts from inferences
               while understanding  the role  of each; identify
               potential group decision situations; separate job
               problems from people problems and treat each ap-
               propriately; generate creative alternatives and ob-

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                jectlvely evaluate each option; and use persuasive
                techniques in communicating proposed solutions.

                Length: 16 hours

                Target audience: Secretaries.clerical employees,
                and administrative assistants

                Sponsor/location; RTF

         The Secretary and the Supervisor	

                The secretary-supervisor team can be a produc-
                tive, enjoyable  arrangement, or it can be a
                frustrating, unproductive  one. This  course  will
                help both the secretary and the supervisor look at
                their ways  of working together,  communicating
                with each other, and sharing responsibilities. This
                is a highly participative course for secretaries  and
                their supervisors designed to help them work as a
                team. The instructor  will  meet with secretaries
                only on the first day and supervisors only on the
                second day; secretaries and supervisors will  at-
                tend together on the third day.

                Length: 2 1/2 days

                Target audience: Secretaries  and their super-
                visors

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Supervisory Training for Secretaries and Administrative
         Assistants

                This workshop offers participants an opportunity
                to learn, discuss, and practice specific techniques
                which will enable them to  develop more effective
                office teams and increase cooperation in the office.
                Participants will learn  to identify what can be ex-
                pected of support staff and what support staff ex-
                pect of supervising secretaries and administrative

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               assistants. They will also learn to select and orient
               new employees, delegate effectively, and listen to
               employees with empathy and understanding.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Secretaries and administrative
               assistants with supervisory responsibilities

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute

         Survival Skills for Secretarial Staff

               This program orients new secretarial and clerical
               employees to EPA practices and procedures. Par-
               ticipants in this program will learn about  the
               Agency's  administrative systems and services;
               discover techniques for handling troublesome and
               routine telephone communications; and explore
               the nature of office  relationships among
               secretaries and between them and their  super-
               visors; and identify ways to manage these
               relationships most effectively.

               Length: 4 days

               Target audience: Secretaries  and clerical
               employees who are new to the Agency

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Telephone Training	

               This course teaches participants how to project a
               positive image of the Agency over the telephone.
               Participants learn basic telephone mechanics;
               how to give and receive complete, correct Informa-
               tion; how to handle irate callers; and how to query
               callers.

               Length: 3 hours-1 day

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                Target audience: Support staff

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 1, 2, 3,
                5, 6. 10; Cincinnati; RTF

         Timekeeping	

                This course will enable timekeepers and desig-
                nated agents to understand timekeeping policies
                and procedures. The course is intended to explain
                fully how to complete, certify, and correct time
                cards; how to  complete the T/A Batch Control
                Sheet; and how to report labor-distribution infor-
                mation. It also familiarizes participants with rules
                and regulations governing premium pay,  paid
                leave, and other absences.

                Length: 1 day

                Target audience: Timekeepers and designated
                agents and alternates

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations

         Travel (Lodgings-Plus)	

                This course provides an understanding  of travel
                policies and procedures under the Diners Club
                Card program  and "Lodgings-Plus" system ap-
                plicable for temporary duty assignments and local
                travel. It familiarizes participants with Agency
                travel  forms and  proper preparation of these
                forms for new,  amended, and canceled travel ar-
                rangements; instructs participants on procedures
                for reimbursement of local travel  expenses;
                familiarizes participants with available sources of
                travel information and services within the Agency
                and through the Travel Management Center; and
                fosters knowledge and understanding of the
                Federal Travel Regulations in determining  all
                reimbursable travel expenses.

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               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: EPA employees who prepare or
               approve travel documents, and all employees who
               travel on behalf of the Agency

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations

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                            Table of Contents
Management Development
   Administration of Public Policy                      179

   Advanced Management Seminar                     179

   Basic Labor Relations                             180

   Basic Management Techniques                      180

   Basics of Program/Project Management               181

   Congressional Briefing Conference for Professionals     181

   Consensual Approaches to Environmental Management  182

   Construction Management Evaluation                182

   Current Issues Seminars                           183

   Dealing with Sexual Harassment: A Briefing for
   Supervisors and Managers                         183

   Development of Subordinates                       184

   Dynamics of Team Work                           184

   Economics and Public Policy                        185

   Effective Leadership Techniques                     185

   Executive Development Seminar                     186

   Federal Personnel Management Issues                186

   Federal Program Management                       187

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    Federal Women's Program (FWP) Manager Workshops I
    and II                                           187

    Framework for Supervision                         188

    Frontline Leadership                              188

    Handicapped/Veterans Employment Seminar          189

    Human Relations Training                         189

    Interview Skills Workshop for Recruiters              189

    Interview Techniques                              190

    Job Analysis Process                              190

    Keys to Managerial Excellence                       191

    Labor Relations Briefings                           191

    Management Development Seminar                  191

    Management of Construction in the Superfund
    Program                                         192

    Management of Natural Resources                   193

    Management of Scientific and Engineering Personnel    193

    The Manager and Supervisor as Editor                193

    Managerial Decision-Making                        194

    Managing Conflict Productively                      194

    Managing Diversity                                195

    Managing for Results                              195

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   McGraw-Hill Supervision Series                      196

   Middle Manager Seminar                           196

   Minority/Women's Business Enterprise (M/WBE)
   Workshop                                       196

   Orientation to Schedule B                          197

   Performance Appraisal Techniques                   197

   Performance Management and Recognition System
   (PMRS)                                          198

   Performance Management System (PMS)               198

   Personnel Management for Management               198

   Personnel Supervisory Seminar Series                 199

   Project Management                               199

   Project Management for the Scientist and Engineer      200

   Regulatory Policy Seminar                          201

   The Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO          201

   Science. Technology, and Public Policy                 202

   Seminar for New Managers                          202

   Situational Leadership: The Other 59 Minutes          203

   Special Emphasis Program Managers Training          203

   Statistics  for Managers                             204

   Summer Employment Briefing                       204

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   Supervision— An Introduction                     204
   Supervision and Group Performance                 205
   Supervision (Zenger-Miller)                        205
   Supervisory Orientation Program                   205
   Supervisory Personnel Management Workshop         206
   Technical Managers Program                      206
   Toward Excellence                               207
   Understanding Supervision                        207
   United States Foreign Policy                       208

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     Management  Development
Administration of Public Policy
      This seminar examines the political, social and
      ethnic environments in which public policy is in-
      itiated, developed and implemented. Participants
      explore  the ways in which public  policy is in-
      fluenced by political and career executives  in
      government. Topics include the role of the mass
      media in shaping and reporting on public policies
      and programs;  the  impact of civic groups on
      public policy; and the present organization of the
      Federal  government and the outlook for reor-
      ganization. Participants also explore the Federal
      career exective's responsibility to  assure  that
      Federal agency activities accurately reflect central
      policy guidelines.

      Length: 80 hours

      Target audience: Managers and executives

      Sponsor/location: RTP

Advanced Management Seminar

      Prior to  the program, participants receive an ad-
      vance assignment which includes readings, ques-
      tionnaires, and case studies. This precourse work
      requires about 10 hours to complete. This
      residential seminar emphasizes development
      skills for managers in both rational systemic and
      interpersonal areas. It helps participants in-
      tegrate the two  approaches to management be-
      havior and refine  the  skills for  using them  In
      practical situations. The course focuses on plan-
      ning and resource-utilization models;

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               problem-solving processes; systems analyses;
               networking;  decision-criteria charting; develop-
               ment and evaluation of managerial strategies; and
               management-development analysis.

               Length: 24 hours

               Target audience: Managers  responsible for
               directing major programs

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Basic Labor Relations	

               This course helps supervisors and managers deal
               with  unions and  exclusively represented
               employees in everyday situations. The course uses
               participative  lectures, group  discussions, role
               playing, and films to show how to identify the key
               features of Title VII (CSRA) for supervisors; hand-
               le grievances; prevent and resolve  unfair labor
               practice charges; and determine when the union
               must  be allowed to be represented in meetings
               with employees.

               Length: 24 hours

               Target audience: Supervisors,  managers and
               management officials who deal  with  union
               stewards or with employees represented by the
               union

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Basic Management Techniques	

               This  program uses work projects, lectures, dis-
               cussions, films, and reading to focus on selected
               management techniques—planning, organizing.
               and controlling. The course covers planning and
               scheduling resources;  establishing work unit
               goals; charting techniques  for work planning;

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               managing time; delegating; Improving produc-
               tivity with office technology; and reviewing prin-
               ciples  of organization. This course  meets the
               criteria outlined In the Federal Personnel Manual
               and the Agency Training and  Development
               Manual.

               Length; 40 hours

               Target audience: Supervisors

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Basics of Program/Project Management	

               This comprehensive course covers various types
               of project management organization and the pro-
               cedures necessary to plan, organize, staff,  direct,
               and control projects in research, development.
               production,  services,  or  construction.  Because
               many program/project managers possess techni-
               cal expertise but frequently lack management
               training, part of the first session will be devoted to
               a review of the general principles of traditional
               management. The course material is  compatible
               with current Federal regulations, directives, and
               practices.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience:   Program  and  project
               managers

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Congressional Briefing Conference for Professionals

               This conference  provides  in-depth  knowledge
               about  congressional  operations, organization.
               functions, and procedures. Participants will also
               gain a better understanding of the role Congress
               plays In the activities of the Executive Branch.

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                Topics include how legislative and budget
                priorities are set and major environmental issues
                presently being considered in Congress.

                Length: 3 days

                Target audience: Managers and supervisors

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 3; RTF

         Consensual Approaches to Environmental Management

                This course offers a concise review of the theory
                and practice of consensus building and collabora-
                tive problem solving. The emphasis is on techni-
                ques and strategies that top-level managers can
                use to encourage team building, more effective
                cooperation,  and more potent environmental
                resrlts. The training will involve reading assign-
                ments, lectures, exercises, role plays, and simula-
                tions that are designed to engage participants in
                hands-on negotiating. Each exercise and activity
                will be thoroughly debriefed to ensure that all
                learning and opportunities for "real world" ap-
                plication are identified. Time will be set aside for
                participants to discuss application of consensual
                principles to specific current or anticipated needs.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience: Senior managers and staff

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Construction Management Evaluation	

                This course Instructs participants in the concepts
                and techniques for construction project evalua-
                tion.  It is Intended to help provide regional and
                State  managers with a  perspective  on what is
                needed  to  evaluate a Superfund construction
                project. Course  topics include cooperative agree-

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               ment management, construction management,
               reporting, and documentation.

               Length: 3 days

               Tea-get audience: Regional and State managers
               of Superfund construction projects

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Current Issues Seminars	

               These seminars are tied closely to ongoing policy
               themes. Current issues seminars concentrate on
               proposals and current perspectives on the proces-
               ses of government as well as  high-level Ad-
               ministration initiatives.  Program  content will
               include a mix  of background information, policy
               evaluations and administration recommenda-
               tions.

               Length: 80 hours

               Target audience: Senior managers

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Dealing with Sexual Harassment: A Briefing for
         Supervisors and Managers	

               This course is intended to increase participants'
               awareness of sexual harassment In the workforce
               and its impact. The  course strengthens super-
               visory skills in observation, communications, and
               counseling to assist in the prevention of sexual
               harassment and  other discrimination charges.
               Participants will develop a greater understanding
               of the resolution process and the supervisor's
               critical role in that process.

               Length: 1 day

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               Target audience: Supervisors and managers

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

         Development of Subordinates	

               This course provides managers and supervisors
               with the ability to  conduct effective career-path
               counseling and to assist subordinates in develop-
               ing a training plan. Topics include the goals of
               coaching and the role of the organizational supe-
               rior in the coaching process; techniques of coach-
               ing,  with special emphasis  on interviewing
               methods; career-path counseling; individual
               development plans; and coaching and counseling
               procedures to improve the performance of subor-
               dinates.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Managers, supervisors,  and
               team leaders

               Sponsor/location: Region 5; Ann Arbor

         Dynamics of Team Work

               This workshop enables participants to  acquire
               skills and techniques to facilitate their ability to
               manage conflict, increase problem-solving skills,
               increase goal achievements, decrease destructive
               competition, and increase cooperation.

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience: Managers and supervisors

               Sponsor/location: Region 2; Cincinnati

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         Economics and Public Policy	

               This seminar is concerned with intensifying
               economic understanding and insight as economic
               issues are related to Federal policy coordination
               and implementation. It incorporates  historical
               perspectives regarding the nature, intent and ef-
               fects of Federal involvement in the private sector;
               examines the  economic consequences of Federal
               public policy activities;  and surveys attempts to
               mitigate adverse  effects stemming from Federal
               intervention.  Lectures present  representative
               economic case studies to provide a useful, practi-
               cal reference matrix for Federal policy executives.

               Length: 80 hours

               Target audience: Managers and executives

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Effective Leadership Techniques	

               This course addresses the effectiveness charac-
               teristics of managers,  supervisors, and team
               leaders related to organizational leadership. The
               program stresses leadership skills and attitudes
               which further  develop a manager's ability to lead
               both individuals and groups. Topics to be covered
               include definitions of leadership, dynamics of
               leadership and its function in an organization, dif-
               ferentiation  between  leadership and other
               management responsibilities, assessment of per-
               sonal leadership qualities and styles, sources of
               power and  how they provideresources for  the
               leader, personal values present in an organization
               and their implications for leadership.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
               team leaders

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               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Executive Development Seminar

               In this seminar's unique interagency setting, par-
               ticipants will have the opportunity to develop a
               broader perspective  of their roles  and  their
               agencies' programs. Emphasis will be directed to
               public policy accountability and  efficient im-
               plementation of mandates. The course addresses
               three major areas of the executive's needs: deter-
               mining the sources of Federal public policy man-
               dates;  developing  an effective   working
               relationship with the relevant policy sources; and
               implementing Federal policy decisions within the
               constraints of the executive environment.

               Length: 80 hours

               Target  audience: Upper-level managers

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Federal Personnel Management Issues	

               This seminar is an in-depth exploration of issues,
               policy options and implementation solutions to
               managing Federal government personnel. The
               seminar focuses on such issues as reductions in
               force; governmentwide implementation of effective
               performance  appraisal systems; merit-pay im-
               plementation; retirement system modifications;
               improvements in the classification system; strikes
               and strike threats; and performance-based incen-
               tives.

               Length: 80 hours

               Target  audience: Executives and managers

               Sponsor/location: RTF

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         Federal Program Management	

               This seminar provides an understanding of the
               total environment and  operation  of Federal
               programs. Participants have an  opportunity to
               compare their methods of program management
               with those of other program managers who have
               handled similar problems. Among the topics ex-
               amined are the impact on the program manager of
               Administration policy and proposals for stream-
               lining Federal agencies; the public's expectation of
               agency responsiveness; the role of the manager in
               crisis resolution; administrative and managerial
               accountability; and problems of intergovernmen-
               tal and interjurisdictional coordination.

               Length; 80 hours

               Target audience: Program managers

               Sponsor/location: RTP

        Federal Women's Program (FWP) Manager Workshops I
        and II	

               These workshops explain the role of the FWP and
               EEO in the Agency and  also defines the inter-
               relationships between the FWP  and the EEO
               program. It is recommended that this training be
               attended by the elected committee members and
               their alternates.

               Length: 3 days per workshop

               Target audience: Required for newly elected
               FWP members

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

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         Framework for Supervision

               This program Is mandatory for all newly appointed
               supervisors in EPA. The course  is designed to
               bridge the gap from worker to supervisor and to
               provide insight into the supervisor's key role as
               part of the management team.  Topics  to be
               covered include management theory, EPA expec-
               tations, basic principles of good supervision, com-
               munication skills,  correcting problem behavior,
               monitoring work progress, delegating, interview-
               ing skills, EPA management and administrative
               systems,  and recognition.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Newly appointed supervisors

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations

         Frontline Leadership	

               This course focuses on creating an environment
               for productivity,  improving morale, and success
               for both the  employee and the supervisor.
               Frontline Leadership emphasizes five basic prin-
               ciples: (1) Focus on the situation, issue, or be-
               havior, not on  the person. (2)  Maintain the
               self-confidence and self-esteem  of others. (3)
               Maintain constructive  relationships  with
               employees, peers, and managers. (4) Take initia-
               tive to make things better. (5) Lead by example.
               The methodology is learning by example, practice,
               and feedback. The program is adapted to meet
               Region 9 needs.

               Length: 3 hours of classroom time once every 2
               weeks

               Target audience; Supervisors and managers

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

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         Handicapped/Veterans Employment Seminar	

               This  seminar helps participants become more
               aware of the abilities of handicapped persons and
               helps eliminate  barriers to their employment. It
               deals with hiring, managing, and advancing  per-
               sons with disabilities within the Federal Govern-
               ment.

               Length: 1/2-1 day

               Target audience: Managers and supervisors

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

         Human Relations Training	

               This program develops skills in working more ef-
               fectively with people. In addition to learning to
               tune  in to others, participants learn to under-
               stand their own  levels of self-confidence and self-
               esteem. They will learn practical ways to handle
               feelings of frustration, anger, defensiveness,  and
               hostility in themselves and others. Topics include
               why people act the way they do, listening skills,
               interpersonal conflict  resolution, negotiation
               skills, dealing with different people, communica-
               tion styles, and transactional analysis.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Managers,  supervisors,  and
               team leaders

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Interview Skills Workshop tor Recruiters	

               This  course ensures that  EPA recruiters  are
               properly trained and equipped to conduct inter-
               views and to be competitive with private-sector
               recruiters.

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               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Managers  who  serve  as
               recruiters

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2, 7

         Interview Techniques	

               This course develops the communication skills a
               supervisor needs to conduct and design effective
               Interviews. Participants receive feedback on their
               communication in an interview and learn how to
               Improve it by communicating clearly, concisely,
               completely, and correctly. The course also helps
               participants set goals for various types of Inter-
               views and provides techniques and strategies for
               attaining  them. Other topics covered  Include
               probing for information, techniques for question-
               ing, and  identifying individual strengths  and
               weaknesses.

               Length: I day

               Target audience: Managers, supervisors,  and
               team leaders

               Sponsor/location: Regions 2, 5

         Job Analysis Process	

               This course provides a detailed discussion of the
               Merit Promotion process and the role of the super-
               visor/subject matter expert in the development of
               criteria to rank applicants.

               Length: 1 1/2-2 hours

               Target audience: Supervisors and  managers
               who recruit under the Merit Promotion plan

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

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         Keys to Managerial Excellence
               The primary focus of this course is on defining the
               middle managers' role In EPA and in examining
               the critical elements of their job. Participants will
               also gain knowledge of the various approaches to
               accomplish goals and learn to select appropriate
               approaches to meet different situations.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: EPA managers

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations

         Labor Relations Briefings _

               This program uses lectures,  discussions and a
               series of in-basket exercises to show how to iden-
               tify the labor  relations rights and responsibilities
               of managers who set policy and direction; explain
               management's  obligation to  a union when
               management  implements a decision; and plan to
               ensure that the labor relations rights and respon-
               sibilities of agency supervisors are fulfilled.

               Length: 6 hours

               Target audience: Managers and executives with
               the authority to influence labor relations policy
               and approaches

               Sponsor/location: RTP

         Management Development Seminar _

               This seminar examines the dynamic role of the
               Federal manager in meeting policy needs and ex-
               pectations. It involves intensive classroom work
               designed to strengthen participants' capacities to
               manage personnel  and property resources more
               effectively  in achieving program implementation.

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               Topics Include complexity and conflict In person-
               nel management;  planning, implementing and
               evaluating  programs; time management and
               delegation of authority; reviewing program jus-
               tifications to ensure  policy compliance; and
               managing in an era of growing accountability.
               Legal and ethical concerns of Federal managers,
               Agency personnel management improvements,
               cutback mandates, and ways to speed work flow
               are also discussed.

               Length: 80 hours

               Target audience: Experienced managers

               Sponsor/location: RTF

        Management of Construction In the Superfund Program

               This  course provides an introduction to  the
               management of construction In the  Superfund
               program.  It  is Intended to help  provide regional
               and State managers with a perspective on what Is
               needed to plan, schedule, and control a Super-
               fund  construction project. The course addresses
               the management issues to be considered In the
               construction activity and provides a foundation
               from which  attendees will grow In their technical
               and administrative competence. Course topics In-
               clude successful management practices, the bid-
               ding  process,  procurement practices, project
               design, management of change orders and claims,
               and  construction inspections. Training Is
               provided  by means of classroom lecture, case
               studies, and group discussion.

               Length: 2-3 days

               Target audience: Superfund staff  (EPA and
               other Federal, State, and local  government
               employees)

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               Sponsor/location: OSWER- Regions 1,4, 6. 9.10

         Management of Natural Resources	

               This seminar  explores Federal stewardship of
               natural resources and its importance to the con-
               tinued growth of the United States. Reasonable al-
               ternative theories will be postulated so that public
               administrators  can consider the  probable
               economic, environmental, technological and civic
               consequences  of ideas and proposed actions.
               Many natural resources and technologies will be
               surveyed, along with the current procedures
               through which policy options are chosen.

               Length: 80 hours

               Target audience: Managers

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Management of Scientific and Engineering Personnel

               Through both cognitive and  effective learning
               situations; participants learn practical methods of
               influencing superiors;  effective deployment of
               scientific and engineering talent; practical person-
               nel management; performance assessment and
               improvement; and state-of-the-art technology as-
               sessment.

               Length: 24 hours

               Target audience: Middle-level managers or first-
               level supervisors in scientific and engineering or-
               ganizations

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         The Manager and Supervisor as Editor	

               See description under Communications

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         Managerial Decision-Making	

               This program combines a conceptual framework
               and practical application for exploring managerial
               decision-making in government organizations.
               The course provides an opportunity for par-
               ticipants to analyze their own decision-making
               techniques. It also provides skill and practice in
               assessing and improving individual and group be-
               havior in the decision-making process.  This
               program provides knowledge and skill in the key
               managerial competency areas  of  direction  and
               guidance of programs and projects; utilization of
               human resources; and review of Implementation
               and results.

               Length: 16 hours

               Target audience: Managers, supervisors, project
               managers, task force leaders, team leaders and
               other management officials

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Managing Conflict Productively	

               This course was created by Fred E. Jandt and is
               distributed by University Associates, Inc.,  San
               Diego, California. It is a workshop using exercises
               to demonstrate assessment of behavior styles in
               conflict situations. This seminar  explores
               conflict's destructive consequences and produc-
               tive uses, as well as ways to negotiate/mediate
               conflict.

               Length: I day

               Target audience; Supervisors and managers

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute

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         Managing Diversity	

               The success achieved In broadening the workforce
               means that managers and supervisors are dealing
               with a culturally,  ethnically and racially diverse
               workforce. This workshop provides a better un-
               derstanding of the issues and concerns manage-
               ment faces in this regard. Its aim is to  provide
               skills for supervisors who must be prepared to
               deal with challenges stemming from differences of
               race,  culture and  ethnicity in a rapidly growing
               workforce.

               Length: I day

               Target audience: Managers and supervisors

               Sponsor/location: Region 2

         Managing for Results	

               Prior  to the course, each participant takes the
               Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). On the first
               day, participants use their MBTI results to explore
               their own preferences and experience alternative
               styles. The second day involves work in small-
               group exercises and case studies to explore the
               characteristics of each style in typical planning,
               problem-solving, and decision-making situations.
               Participants will also begin to develop alternative
               strategies for motivating employees, managing
               performance, and reacting  to  "problem" situa-
               tions.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Supervisors and managers

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

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         McGraw-Hill Supervision Series	

               The McGraw-Hill Supervision series consists of 14
               learning  modules. Topics include fundamental
               skill building (managing people, communicating
               with people) and interpersonal skill building. In-
               terpersonal skills include such areas as improving
               employee work habits,  delegating  effectively,
               using positive discipline, implementing change,
               and coaching for improved performance.

               Length; 31/2 hours

               Target audience: All     EPA    supervisors,
               managers, team leaders, and administrators

               Sponsor/location; Region 5

         Middle Manager Seminar	

               This seminar uses a balanced program of lectures,
               work problems, case studies, and workshops to
               help participants  more clearly define their role
               and direct their management efforts. Participants
               have an opportunity to reflect on how they cur-
               rently perform their jobs and think about areas of
               improvement.

               Length: 24 hours

               Target audience: Line or staff managers above
               the first level of  supervision or persons being
               prepared for such positions

               Sponsor/location: RTP

         Minority/Women's Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Workshop

               This workshop provides information  on the role,
               functions, and responsibilities of personnel in the
               M/WBE program  on EPA grants and cooperative
               agreements.

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               Length: 11/2 hours

               Target audience: Regional project  officers,
               grants specialists, State officials, and selected
               EPA recipients

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

         Orientation to Schedule B	

               This course discusses the history of Schedule B
               for professional/administrative career positions,
               advertising procedures, and selection process. A
               short summary of alternative recruitment techni-
               ques to Schedule B will also be provided. The
               focus will be on Environmental  Protection
               Specialist recruitment.

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience: Supervisors and managers

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

         Performance Appraisal Techniques	

               This program uses lectures, demonstrations, brief
               readings,  film, and workshops. It  helps par-
               ticipants improve interpersonal skills needed to
               deal  successfully with employees; conduct coun-
               seling interviews; provide feedback in  an  ap-
               propriate and timely manner; and understand the
               dynamics of the appraisal process.

               Length: 8 hours

               Target audience: Supervisors, managers and
               other employees whose  work involves  a skill
               and/or knowledge of appraisal techniques

               Sponsor/location: RTF

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        Performance Management and Recognition System
        (PMRS)	

               The process, procedure,  and results of the 1987
               PMRS will be reviewed  and changes In law or
               regulation for the  1988  appraisal period will be
               discussed.

               Length: 1 hour

               Target audience: SES and CM employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

        Performance Management System (PMS)	

               Performance Management  is the systematic
               process by which managers at all levels of an or-
               ganization integrate basic management functions
               with performance, pay, and incentive systems for
               the purpose of improving individual and organiza-
               tional effectiveness toward the accomplishment of
               agency mission and goals. This briefing will ex-
               amine the basic components  of the PMS  and
               review the timetable for implementation of the
               1988 appraisal process.

               Length: 1 hour

               Target audience: Supervisors and managers

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

        Personnel Management for Management	

               This course is designed  to help participants un-
               derstand through  lectures and discussions the
               changes in personnel policy and management as a
               result of CSRA.  Subsequent regulations have
               necessitated particular  focus on the impact of
               these changes. This  course helps participants
               learn to use merit system principles and avoid the

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               use of prohibited personnel practices; identify and
               use the principles of position management, per-
               formance management,  and position classifica-
               tion;  use  various  methods for recruiting and
               staffing to fill  positions; provide training and
               development to improve organizational and  in-
               dividual performance; and understand better
               their  role and responsibilities in labor manage-
               ment relations,  EEO, performance appraisal and
               employee relations.

               Length: 24 hours

               Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
               management officials

               Sponsor/location; RTF

         Personnel Supervisory Seminar Series	

               This series concentrates on the knowledge of per-
               sonnel principles, practices, and procedures su-
               pervisors need in  their everyday dealing with
               employees. Topics include administration of leave,
               labor relations, equal employment opportunity,
               and performance management.

               Length: varies

               Target audience: First-line supervisors and
               other supervisory personnel

               Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

         Project Management

               This seminar is designed to present EPA project
               managers with fundamental strategies for merg-
               ing practical project management tools into the
               complex environment. It concentrates on techni-
               ques  and issues pertinent to aiding the project
               manager complete projects within  time and

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               resource constraints. The seminar covers project
               management from the planning stage through the
               appraisal phase. Participants learn how to avoid
               conflict by preparing a meaningful project charter.
               They will see how the right choice of report-back
               systems can make the critical difference in how
               much control there is over a project; how readily
               corrective action can be selected; and how easily
               refinements are implemented.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Supervisory  and nonsuper-
               visory engineers,  scientists,  environmental
               protection specialists, project officers, manage-
               ment  analysts, financial and budget plan-
               ners/analysts, software development managers

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Project Management for the Scientist and Engineer	

               This introductory-level course covers all of the
               fundamental principles and techniques of project
               management, Including such areas as team build-
               Ing and leadership styles, scheduling and track-
               Ing, report  generation, and  the use of computer
               software as an adjunct to successful project
               management. Each course  consists of  lectures,
               problem-solving exercises, assigned readings, and
               a hands-on demonstration of the number 1-rated
               project management software package on the
               market today, Microsoft PROJECT.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Scientists and engineers In-
               volved In project management

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; RTF

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         Regulatory Policy Seminar	

               This seminar analyzes Federal regulation from a
               broad, policy-oriented perspective.  It examines
               historic and current trends in Federal regulation
               with an  eye to finding solutions to the public's
               concern  over  excessive government regulation.
               Recognizing that the discretion given to Federal
               executives to undertake regulatory initiatives
               varies according to agency and

               legislative mandate, the seminar focuses on the
               necessity for creativity in finding regulatory policy
               solutions  within the framework of existing
               statutes.

               Length: 80 hours

               Target audience: Executives

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         The Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO	

               This course is designed to raise the "EEO  con-
               sciousness" of supervisors and managers, as well
               as to educate them on pertinent EEO regulations.
               Topics include the basic policies, principles, and
               requirements of Federal EEO programs; and the
               roles and responsibilities of the supervisor and
               manager with respect to affirmative action plans,
               upward  mobility,  special-emphasis programs,
               and discrimination complaints processing.

               Length: 4 hours-2 days

               Target audience: Supervisors and managers

               Sponsor/location: Regions 5, 9, 10; Las Vegas

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         Science, Technology, and Public Policy	

               This seminar is designed to provide the oppor-
               tunity to review the nature of science and technol-
               ogy as it exists in Federal Government agencies,
               the effect of science and technology on policy, and
               the organization and management of a variety of
               science programs; and to explore the relation-
               ships between technological advances and civic
               and economic issues.

               Length: 80 hours

               Target audience: Managers  and  scientific
               professionals

               Sponsor/location: RTF

         Seminar tor New Managers	

               This seminar helps participants determine an ap-
               propriate personnel management style; apply sys-
               tematic processes to the establishment of goals
               and objectives; and interpret labor-management
               responsibilities  of managers. Participants  also
               learn to interpret and utilize personal and Inter-
               personal forces in an organization to achieve
               Federal organizational objectives; to evaluate ob-
               jectively performance and accomplishments; to
               develop a systematic  approach to  Federal
               problem-solving and decision-making; and to al-
               locate resources to achieve officially stated objec-
               tives.

               Length: 80 hours

               Target audience: New Federal managers

               Sponsor/location: RTF

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         Situational Leadership: The Other 59 Minutes	

               This course has been developed by Dr. Paul Her-
               sey, president  of  the Center for  Leadership
               Studies,  California. This three-part videotape,
               facilitator-assisted management module is an op-
               portunity to look at  the process of influencing be-
               havior, which  entails assessing follower
               performance.  This  seminar explores leadership
               styles and couples certain  styles with follower
               readiness.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: New managers,  or  as  a
               management refresher

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute

         Special Emphasis Program Managers Training	

               Within EPA  there  are three Special Emphasis
               Programs: Black Employment, Hispanic Employ-
               ment, and Federal Women's Programs. SEP train-
               ing  addresses personnel  administration and
               management, labor  relations, employee relations,
               position classification  and  recruitment,  human
               resources management and development, self-
               development (effective  listening, communication
               skills, and briefing techniques), budgeting, finan-
               cial management,  performance appraisal sys-
               tems,  EEO  complaints,  external/internal
               compliance, and other EEO- and personnel-re-
               lated subjects.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: EEO program officials, GS 7-
               14

               Sponsor/location; Office of Civil Rights

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         Statistics for Managers	

               See  description under Science and Technology,
               Cross-Media

         Summer Employment Briefing	

               This course provides a general outline of the sum-
               mer employment program, with discussions on
               identifying positions, time frames, receipt-of-ap-
               plication procedures,  qualification criteria, and
               selection process.

               Length: 1 hour

               Target audience: Supervisors and managers

               Sponsor/location: Region 9
         Supervision— An Introduction	

               This course uses lectures, readings, workshops,
               group discussions, and films to present the fun-
               damentals of supervision, including basic con-
               cepts  of  organization, work planning, and
               productivity. During the course, participants
               review responsibilities in merit promotion, equal
               employment opportunity, labor relations, safety,
               and accident prevention; study the communica-
               tion process in supervision; and study human be-
               havior,  motivation, interpersonal relations and
               discipline in the workplace. They also are intro-
               duced to  problem-solving and decision-making
               techniques. The course meets the criteria outlined
               in the Federal Personnel Manual  and the Agency
               Training and Development Manual.

               Length: 40 hours

               Target audience: Supervisors

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                Sponsor/location; RTF

         Supervision and Group Performance	

               Team member satisfaction and commitment are
               key factors in achieving peak performance in an
                organization. Supervisors need to create condi-
               tions for individual growth in group situations.
               This course gives valuable insights for generating
               new cooperation within teams.

               Length: 5 days

               Target audience: Supervisors and team leaders

               Sponsor/location: Region 3

         Supervision (Zenger-Miller)	

               This multisession course teaches supervisors the
               basic steps required to be effective in their jobs,
               including hiring, setting job standards, counsel-
               ing employees on work in progress, giving recog-
               nition,  resolving  employee conflicts,  averting
               discrimination, and others. Through the use of
               videotaped examples, discussion, and  practice,
               supervisors will learn and expand upon skills that
               they can apply to their Jobs Immediately.

               Length: 1/2-1 day per week for 1 year

               Target audience: All  EPA managers and super-
               visors

               Sponsor/location: HQ; all locations  (except
               Regions 5, 9)

         Supervisory Orientation Program

               The Supervisory Orientation Program Is a series of
               informational interviews with key OPM personnel
               (POB. SSB, Comptroller, EEO, etc.) to familiarize

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               new first-line supervisors with their administra-
               tive and personnel management responsibilities.
               The program is intended to supplement the man-
               datory 3-day course "Framework for Supervision"
               and  provide more Immediate advice and assis-
               tance to employees with supervisory respon-
               sibilities. The program is also designed to allow
               new supervisors to complete the interviews one at
               a time over a 2-week period, or all in a single day.

               Length: 8 hours

               Target audience: New supervisors

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

         Supervisory Personnel Management Workshop	

               This training presents an overview of basic EPA
               personnel management policies, rules, and
               regulations  that affect the Agency's day-to-day
               operations. Topics to be covered include position
               management and classification, employee rela-
               tions, recruitment and staffing, merit promotion
               procedures, the  performance management sys-
               tem, training and career development, labor rela-
               tions, standards of conduct, and Upward Mobility
               Program procedures.

               Length: 20 hours

               Target audience: All   EPA    supervisors,
               managers, and team leaders

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Technical Managers Program	

               This program consists of five 2 1/2-day sessions
               over a semester. The curriculum includes lec-
               tures, seminars, case analyses, and small-group
               discussions. Participants gain clear management

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               concepts and techniques; a better understanding
               of human behavior In organizations and Improved
               skills for building effective working relations; and
               a better awareness of when to delegate and when
               not to.

               Length: Five 2 1/2-day sessions over a semester

               Target audience: Engineers, research directors,
               computer analysts, project managers, chemists,
               section chiefs, and technical personnel

               Sponsor/location; RTF

         Toward Excellence	

               This program consists of 15 20-minute  tapes,
               workbooks, readings and  audio instruction
               materials which guide a  management team
               through  key practices used by successful U.S.
               companies (according to Tom Peters, author of In
               Search of Excellence and Passion JOT Excellence),
               Participants explore key practices; discuss Im-
               plications for organizational settings  and in-
               dividual  management  style; and develop  action
               plans  to Implement practices "at home."  The
               program works well when facilitated by one or two
               non-participants.

               Length: Varies from 3 days to  periodic 3-hour
               sessions over several months

               Target audience: Management  teams  working
               together (7-12 participants)

               Sponsor/location: RTP

         Understanding Supervision

               This course is designed to  inform journey-level
               employees about careers in supervision at EPA.
               Many  employees  make  the supervisory career

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                decision without a full knowledge base about the
                choice they are making. "Understanding Super-
                vision" is an awareness-building course that will
                help employees understand that supervision is a
                very different kind of job, with a different set of
                knowledge, skills and abilities required and used.

                Length: 3 days

                Target audience: EPA Journey-level  employees
                (GS 11, 12, 13)

                Sponsor/location; HQ Institute

         United States Foreign Policy	

                This seminar is designed to meet the needs of
                career managers whose programs are increasing-
                ly  affected by international  developments.  The
                course  provides a grasp of current U.S. foreign
                policy processes and some of the Administration's
                major policy priorities. The seminar focuses on
                the interdependence of Federal agencies  and
                programs in the making of foreign policy and on
                U.S. participation in international organizations.
                Selected geographic areas are examined  in the
                light of their strategic importance to U.S. interests
                and are contrasted with the declared and probable
                objectives of the Soviet Union and the People's
                Republic of China.

                Length: 80 hours

                Target audience: Managers

                Sponsor/location: RTF

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Communications
    Advocacy/ Oral Presentation Seminar                  213

    Be a Better Writer                                  213

    Citizen Participation by Objectives                    214

    Clear Business Writing                              214

    Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts and
    Skills                                             215

    Congressional/State Liaison Workshop                215

    Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills               215

    Effective Public Relations                            216

    Effective Writing for Professionals                     216

    Environmental Movies and Broadcasts                 217

    EPA's External Communications: Dealing Effectively
    with Outside Constituencies                         217

    Human Resources/Affirmative Action Needs Assessment
    Workshops: Communicating Across Gender, Race, and
    Culture in the Workplace                            218

    The Human Side of Congressional Affairs               218

    Leading Meetings                                  218

    The Manager and Supervisor as Editor                 219

    Media Relations Workshop                           219

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    Negotiation Skills                                   220

    Personally and Professionally Speaking                220

    Proofreading: Your Role as Writer/Editor               221
    Public Involvement Training                          221

    Publishing and Presenting Technical Articles and
    Material                                           222

    Report Planning and Review Workshop                222

    Report Writing                                     223

    Speechcraft                                        223

    Systematic Development of Informed Consent          224

    Talking with the Press                               224

    Technical Writing                                   225

    Technical Writing for Engineers, Scientists.and
    Technicians                                        225

    The Three P's of Briefing: Presentation, Polish, and
    Persuasion (Level I)                                 225

    The Three P's of Briefing: The Inner Game (Level n)      226

    Writing Effective Letters                             227

    Writing Press Releases                               227

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                       Communications
Advocacy/Oral Presentation Seminar
      This seminar offers some insights into  how to
      make an effective oral presentation of an argu-
      ment or point of view. The focus will be on making
      a clear, persuasive case. The first session will be
      spent discussing the principles of oral advocacy.
      After a mock public hearing in the second session,
      the instructor will review the presentations made
      by participants.

      Length: 2 2-hour sessions

      Target audience: EPA staff who regularly make
      oral presentations or  who act as advocates for
      programs or positions

      Sponsor/location: Region 1

Be a Better Writer	

      This three-session course builds on "Be a Better
      Writer: A Manual for EPA Employees." Through
      group discussion and comments on brief assign-
      ments, this course is structured to highlight the
      editorial and organizational skills that can move
      participants from good writers to better writers.
      Participants will work together to formulate their
      own guidelines to Be Tasteful, Be Clear,  and Be
      Organized.

      Length: 3 days

      Target audience: Employees with writing,  edit-
      ing, or rewriting responsibilities

      Sponsor/location; HQ Institute

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         Citizen Participation by Objectives	

               In this companion workshop to  Systematic
               Development of Informed Consent (SDIC), par-
               ticipants further explore the  principles of com-
               munity involvement described in SDIC training.
               Techniques and strategies are explored concern-
               ing effective interaction with the media, special in-
               terest groups,  and the public at large. The
               workshop is limited to a small number of par-
               ticipants, allowing ample time to explore in some
               detail the principles related in SDIC training.

               Length: 2 1/2 days

               Target audience: Interested EPA staff

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Clear Business Writing	

               This workshop is designed to help participants
               write clearer, more organized letters, memos and
               reports, and do so  quickly and with more con-
               fidence. The first day covers how to produce and
               organize  ideas; after considering both audience
               and  purpose, how to get thoughts down quickly;
               and  how to organize paragraphs so your writing
               flows smoothly. The second day deals with style—
               that is, the manner of expressing ideas—as well as
               how to eliminate wordiness and ambiguity.

               Length 2 days

               Target audience: Employees who  have basic
               writing skills but need to learn how to organize
               and  simplify

               Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Region 2

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         Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts and Skills

               This course Involves skill development In dealing
               with  citizens and local officials, building good
               media relations, and conflict management. Case
               studies are used for Instruction as well as for dis-
               cussion purposes.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Regional  and  State program
               management and technical staff

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1,4, 5, 6,8,
               10

         Congressional/State Liaison Workshop	

               This  course explores  the relationship between
               EPA and congressional and State legislative staff;
               what employees should know about responding to
               inquiries  from elected  officials; and what proce-
               dures are followed in responding to written in-
               quiries. The course also offers an overview of the
               legislative process.

               Length: 1 hour

               Target audience: All EPA staff

               Sponsor/location; Region 9

         Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills	

               This  course enhances participants' ability to
               present clear Informative or persuasive reports or
               speeches  to higher level management as well as
               outside groups. Emphasis is placed on how to for-
               mulate the message, how to deliver It like a "pro,"
               and present the best possible impression. Several
               delivery types will be examined. Attention will be

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                devoted to channeling nervousness productively
                and developing skills through practice.

                Length: 1-3 days

                Target audience: All employees (priority given to
                those with presentation responsibility)

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; OIG; Regions 2,
                3, 6, 9; Cincinnati;  RTF

         Effective Public Relations	

                This seminar gives a brief overview of the develop-
                ment of the public relations profession and
                reviews the growing relationship between public
                relations and the law. Other topics include how to
                practice public relations effectively in a govern-
                ment agency working with citizens and the mass
                audience and how to deal with the media effective-
                ly.

                Length: I day

                Target audience: EPA employees who deal with
                citizens groups, the press, or other special inter-
                est groups in their jobs

                Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 5

         Effective Writing for Professionals	

                This workshop focuses on how to develop and
                define Agency tone and how to write about sensi-
                tive issues  for  any audience. Participants will
                review basic theories of composition and techni-
                ques of the writing process.

                Length: 3 days

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               Target audience: Professional employees,  in-
               cluding anyone with responsibilities for writing
               congressional and public correspondence

               Sponsor/location; Region 3

         Environmental Movies and Broadcasts	

               This course, presented by the  Office of External
               Affairs, examines how messages on environmen-
               tal matters are. can be,  and/or should  be
               presented through various audiovisual media. Ex-
               amples of a wide range of environmental com-
               munications in those media will be discussed,
               with specific emphasis on adapting EPA issues for
               effective AV presentation.

               Length: 8 hours

               Target audience: AV project officers and others
               who have a direct interest in doing AV com-
               munications for EPA and in understanding public
               perception of AV communications

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         EPA's External Communications: Dealing Effectively with
         Outside Constituencies	

               Office  of External Affairs offers this course to
               familiarize participants with the working press,
               congressional "Hill" contacts, State and local offi-
               cials, intergovernmental associations, private and
               public sector interest groups, and individuals who
               have significant impact on EPA and who consis-
               tently seek EPA information. Knowing the nature
               of our critics and collaborators can be a great
               asset in the work we do.

               Length: 1 day

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               Target audience: Managers and policy officials
               responding to external constituencies

               Sponsor/location: Office of External Affairs

         Human Resources/Affirmative Action Needs Assessment
         Workshops: Communicating Across Gender, Race, and
         Culture in the Workplace	

               These workshops address themes raised In Region
               1's  1  1/2-year Needs Assessment Program. The
               objective of the program is to compare and con-
               trast  our commonalities and  differences In ex-
               periences based  on gender, race, and  cultural
               identities.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience; All employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 1

         The Human Side of  Congressional Affairs	

               Topics for  this seminar include The Legislative
               Process; EPA's Congressional Relations; What It's
               Like To Be  a Congressman;  Environmental
               Results of Congress; and Congressional  Cor-
               respondence

               Length: 3 hours

               Target audience: Managers,  supervisors, and
               personnel regularly involved in EPA's congres-
               sional correspondence

               Sponsor/location; Region 3

         Leading Meetings	

               In this course, participants study the characteris-
               tics of effective and ineffective meetings and learn

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               to conduct meetings more effectively by using the
               most appropriate style of leadership for the situa-
               tion at hand. Topics Include problem- solving and
               decision-making in  groups,  leadership, group
               dynamics, and characteristics of effective com-
               munication.

               Length: 2 days

               Target  audience: EPA staff whose jobs require
               them to lead meetings

               Sponsor/location: Region 5

         The Manager and Supervisor as Editor	

               This workshop is designed to enable supervisors
               and managers to become more effective in editing
               and critiquing their  subordinates' writing. Par-
               ticipants learn to apply the criteria for evaluating
               written  communication (organization,  clarity of
               style, grammar, and  punctuation) and to give
               feedback effectively.

               Length: 2 days

               Target  audience: Supervisors and managers

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         Media Relations Workshop	

               This workshop covers the following areas: the
               relationship between  the media and EPA; the
               Image EPA conveys to the public through the
               media;  how press calls are  answered in the
               regional office:  what employees  should know
               about responding to press inquiries; how staffers
               can prepare for and handle media interviews on
               the road; and planning for and preparing com-
               munication strategies.

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               Length: 1 hour

               Target audience: All EPA staff who might come
               into contact with the media

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

         Negotiation Skills	

               In this course,  participants gain hands-on ex-
               perience in "win-win" negotiating through  a
               videotaped negotiation simulation. Course con-
               tent includes basic  negotiation concepts and
               process  skills, sharpening communication and
               facilitation skills, time management, and prepar-
               ing for negotiations. The course objectives are to
               increase participants' skills for effective negotiat-
               ing with counterparts both in and  outside EPA
               and to introduce participants  to  a variety of
               negotiating styles and techniques from which to
               choose.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: All EPA employees in profes-
               sional grades GS-11 and above

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 5, 6. 7,
               9. 10

         Personally and Professionally Speaking	

               This course helps participants  enchance com-
               munication and presentation skills. Technical as-
               sistance is provided one-on-one.

               Length: 1-3 hours

               Target audience: All EPA employees

               Sponsor/location: Region 7

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         Proofreading: Your Role as Writer/Editor	

               This course defines proofreading responsibilities,
               standardizes proofreading practices and proof
               symbols, reviews proofreading steps and techni-
               ques, and provides exercises, examples, and  a
               desk-size card with most commonly used proofing
               symbols. The objective of the course is to improve
               the quality and timeliness of written communica-
               tion by enabling the entire staff to work more ef-
               fectively  as a  team. Given proofing  steps.
               techniques, methods, standard proof marks, and
               a red pen, participants, upon completion of this
               course, will be able to mark editing changes on a
               document that can be correctly interpreted by any
               support staff personnel.

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience; All nonclerical employees who
               write/edit correspondence

               Sponsor/location; Region 10

         Public Involvement Training	

               This course outlines a procedure to  involve  the
               local community in decision-making efforts con-
               cerning a hazardous waste management facility's
               permitting system. The course identifies a number
               of activities that should be conducted during the
               permitting process, Including preparing for and
               conducting a public meeting and communicating
               with the media.  The course's major emphasis is
               planning and organizing public-involvement ef-
               forts. Suggested techniques for issuing public
               notices, holding meetings,  and responding to
               comments also  are discussed. The  course  in-
               cludes a training manual accompanied by hand-
               outs, color videotapes, and role-play activities.

               Length: 2 days

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                Target audience: Interested EPA staff

                Sponsor/location; OSWER

         Publishing and Presenting Technical Articles and Material

                This workshop focuses on some approaches for
                publishing technical articles and on preparation
                and methods for effective presentation of techni-
                cal material at meetings. Participants will acquire
                knowledge and skills that will facilitate publica-
                tion of their writing and research and that will
                polish their presentation skills at meetings. This
                is not, however, a public speaking course.

                Length: 2 hours

                Target audience: All staff who research or write
                papers of interest to their colleagues or the public
                at large, or staff members who present technical
                information at meetings

                Sponsor/location: Region 1

         Report Planning and Review Workshop	

                This workshop provides basic principles and tech-
                niques for planning, writing, and reviewing tech-
                nical  reports.  The  workshop consists of a
                combination of lectures, group discussions, and
                class exercises. It presents systematic procedures
                and guidelines to review and improve the quality.
                timeliness, and readability of reports. The agenda
                includes report planning, writing more  effective
                proposals,  report  management, ideal reports,
                report organization, report review aids, editorial
                review, and technical review. Participants are in-
                vited to bring samples of recent reports they have
                written or reviewed.

                Length: 2 days

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               Target audience: Scientists and managers who
               write or review reports and employees who review
               contractor reports

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 5

         Report Writing	

               This program uses brief lectures, class discus-
               sions, tests, films, case studies and practical ex-
               ercises. Participants learn to define the purpose
               and scope of a report; collect, assemble and sort
               out data; organize and outline material; and write
               a report so that its purpose, scope, findings, con-
               clusions and recommendations (if any) are clear to
               the reader at first reading.

               Length: 24-32 hours

               Target audience: Employees who write reports
               and have good knowledge of grammar and the
               fundamentals of writing

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; RTF

         Speechcraft	

               Speechcraft is a program of eight weekly sessions
               especially designed by Toastmasters Internation-
               al to help individuals develop and strengthen their
               public speaking abilities. Conducted in a seminar
               workshop format,  each  Speechcraft session
               provides  a progressive step toward developing
               skills for  effective communication—as both  a lis-
               tener and a speaker. In addition to the instruc-
               tional  program, participants  will be given
               opportunities, through scheduled speeches and
               other assignments, to practice  what they learn,
               such as  writing and delivering 3- to  5-mlnute
               talks;  impromptu speaking on designated
               products; introducing fellow  speakers; using

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               visual aids; and exchanging constructive feedback
               and evaluations.

               Length: Eight 1-hour sessions

               Target audience: All EPA employees

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 1, 2

         Systematic Development of Informed Consent	

               This course concerns public-sector problem solv-
               ing and community involvement. Lecture and dis-
               cussion are the primary means of instruction.
               This course is a general course on how to  get
               things done, whether it is with interagency staff,
               interest groups, or local citizens.

               Length: 3 1/2 days

               Target audience: RCRA program managers and
               State and regulated-industry representatives

               Sponsor/location: OSWER;   HQ  Institute;
               Regions 8, 9, 10

         Talking with the Press	

               This course provides participants with practical
               approaches, techniques, and attitudes that will
               help them overcome their dread of talking with
               news reports and to decide what it is they mean to
               say. Participants will be told  about the different
               needs of various segments of  the media (dally
               newspapers vs. television vs. radio).

               Length: I day

               Target audience: Personnel  who talk with  the
               press

               Sponsor/location; Region 10

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         Technical Writing	

                Participants learn the characteristics of good
                technical writing and are better able to define their
                audience and purpose; organize their reports; use
                the active voice; break bad grammatical habits;
                and rewrite.

                Length: 12-24 hours

                Target audience: Scientists,  engineers, techni-
                cal writers and editors

                Sponsor/location; Region 2; Cincinnati;  RTF;
                Ann Arbor

         Technical Writing for Engineers, Scientists, and
         Technicians	

                This course was designed for those needing  to
                learn how to translate technical information into
                effective, straightfoward, readable prose.  Em-
                phasis is on such writing problems as: analyzing
                the communication  problem; selecting and or-
                ganizing content; illustration and layout; writing
                and revising; tone and style; and reviewing the ele-
                ments of composition.

                Length: 3 days

                Target audience: Engineers, scientists, tech-
                nicians, and employees who  prepare  or review
                technical papers

                Sponsor/location; Region 9

         The Three P's of Briefing: Presentation, Polish, and
         Persuasion (Level I)	

                Participants will learn to prepare for and make a
                presentation; channel nervousness into construc-
                tive energy; package  a  briefing to  maintain

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               audience Interest;  handle questions from the
               audience and turn hostile questions to an ad-
               vantage; and choose the right visuals and use
               them as a prop, not a crutch.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: Managers,  supervisors, and
               professional staff with presentation respon-
               sibilities

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

         The Three P's of Briefing: The Inner Gome (Level II)	

               Effective briefing is a three-part process which In-
               volves  mastering yourself  (polish or poise),
               mastering your material (presentation), and gain-
               ing your listeners' trust (persuasion). This Level II
               (advanced) workshop continues the process and
               builds on participants' present briefing and com-
               munication strengths. Participants learn to think
               on their feet and handle unexpected distractions;
               use reflection, sectoring and  fogging to keep off
               the  defensive  and  calmly take  care  of
               troublemakers; organize  the finer points  of
               deliver;  and develop  additional approaches  to
               combat nervousness.  They also determine their
               own briefing style and see themselves through
               others' eyes and explore the nonverbal media
               which carry the message: eyes, gestures, posture.
               dress, appearance, and voice.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Managers,  supervisors, and
               professional staff with presentation respon-
               sibilities and some presentation  experience (or
               who have completed the Level I course)

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute

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         Writing Effective Letters
                This course covers the principles of effective writ-
                ing; writing "negative" and "positive" letters; writ-
                ing for various audiences; using appropriate tone
                in writing; and techniques for planning and or-
                ganizing written information.

                Length: 2 days

                Target  audience: All employees

                Sponsor/location: Region 9; RTF

         Writing Press Releases	

                This course gives participants guidance on how to
                select and organize facts that will be relevant to
                news reporters and editors and to their audiences.


                Length: 1/2 day

                Target audience: Section chiefs and employees
                with direct responsibility for a specific project

                Sponsor/location: Region 10

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Contracts and Finance
    Administrative Procedures for Small Purchase
    Procurement                                      233

    Basic Procurement                                 233

    Budget Process                                    233

    Contract Administration Training for Project Officers,
    Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery Order Officers 234

    Contract Administration Training for Supervisors and
    Managers                                        235

    Detecting and Preventing Fraud In EPA Programs and
    Contracts                                        235

    Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA)       236

    Funds Certifying Officer Training                     236

    The Internal Audit Survey Process                    237

    Ordering Officers                                  237

    Personal Property Management                      238

    Procurement under Superfund—An Introduction        238

    Project Officer Training                             239

    Project Officer Training for Grants and Cooperative
    Agreements                                       239

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   Regional Workshop in Contracts and IAG
   Administration                                  240

   Strengthening the Audit Management Ability
   of EPA Managers                                240

   Superfund Response Agreements Training            241

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              Contracts and Finance
Administrative Procedures for Small Purchase
Procurement	

      This workshop, arranged by the Headquarters Ac-
      counting Operations Branch, shows participants
      how to expedite the small-purchases procurement
      from request to final payment. Topics include the
      Prompt Payment Act; blanket purchase agree-
      ments;  receiving reports; government bills  of
      lading; subscriptions, magazines and periodicals;
      and training courses.

      Length: 21/2 hours

      Target audience: Administrative officers and
      staff

      Sponsor/location: Headquarters Accounting
      Operations Branch; HQ

Basic Procurement	

      This course provides information and guidance on
      how to obtain needed office equipment, supplies,
      furniture, and miscellaneous services.

      Length: 1 hour

      Target audience: All EPA employees

      Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 2

Budget Process	

      This course includes a description of appropria-
      tions, operating plans, allocation, and other criti-
      cal budget processes. It also Includes discussion
      of how moneys come to the region; how operating

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               plans are developed; how allocations are made;
               flexibility for  changes; tracking  and account-
               ability; terminology such as PC&B, FIE, support.
               obligations,  commitments, allowances, and the
               year-end process.

               Length: 2 hours

               Target audience: Managers,    supervisors,
               program analysts, and secretaries inolved in the
               budget process

               Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 10

         Contract Administration Training for Project Officers,
         Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery Order Officers

               This course is designed to provide EPA project of-
               ficers (POs), work assignment managers fWAMs),
               and delivery order officers (DOOs) with a better
               understanding of contract administration and
               their critical roles in this area. The course  is
               presented through a combination of lecture, video
               presentation, and active student participation. It
               concludes with an open-book exam. This course
               provides an understanding of the duties and
               responsibilities of both the contractor and govern-
               ment during the life of a contract; equips the stu-
               dent with information on how to  perform the
               duties of a PO, WAM, or DOO during the contract
               administration phase;  ensures that the  student
               understands the  limits of his/her  authority  In
               these positions; and fosters knowledge, under-
               standing, and appreciation of the roles and
               authorities of other EPA  personnel Involved  In
               contract administration.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: All EPA personnel who are cur-
               rently serving, or will be assigned, as POs, WAMs,
               and/or DOOs on EPA contracts

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               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations

         Contract Administration Training for Supervisors and
         Managers	

               This course is designed for supervisors  and
               managers to provide understanding of the con-
               tract administration process and the critical roles
               of EPA  project officers, work  assignment
               managers, and delivery order officers in this area.
               It will equip the supervisor with Information on
               the duties of these positions during the contract
               administration phase and ensure a better under-
               standing of the project officer  certification
               program.

               Length: 1 day

               Target audience: Managers and supervisors

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2, 3, 5,
               9;  Cincinnati

         Detecting and Preventing Fraud in EPA Programs and
         Contracts	

               This course is designed to develop  and enhance
               project managers' awareness  of the nature and
               characteristics of fraud and abuse In EPA-funded
               projects  and contracts.  It will help prepare
               managers to know what fraud is; what conditions
               are conducive to encouraging, allowing,  and
               hiding fraud; what are the  responsibilities of
               managers for detecting and reporting fraud; and
               when, how, and to whom suspected incidences of
               fraud should be reported; what are the Indicators
               of fraud; and how to prevent the opportunities for
               fraud.

               Length: 1 day

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                Target audience: Program and project managers
                and anyone involved in supervising and/or
                monitoring EPA funds

                Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Office of the In-
                spector General

         Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMF1A)	

                This briefing familiarizes participants with the re-
                quirements of the Federal Managers' Financial In-
                tegrity Act (FMFIA).  FMFIA mandates the review
                of Agency accounting systems to verify that con-
                trols are in place and operating as intended to
                prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.  Each program
                office is required to perform routine testing of its
                operations  as part of its  quality  assurance
                process.

                Length: 2 hours

                Target audience: EPA managers and super-
                visors

                Sponsor/location: Region 5

         Funds Certifying Officer Training	

                This course covers all aspects of funds-control
                procedures at the allowance holder/responsibility
                center level.  Topics include an overview of the
                Agency-level process, laws and policies, roles and
                responsibilities, manual procedures for keeping a
                document control register, and  automated sys-
                tems for achieving funds control.

                Length: 2 days

                Target audience: All personnel who maintain
                document control registers  and/or who certify
                funds availability for an allowance holder or
                responsibility center

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                Sponsor/location; HQ Institute

         The Internal Audit Survey Process	

                This course, developed jointly by members of the
                Northern Audit Division and Headquarters staff,
                reviews the purpose and process of making effec-
                tive internal audit surveys. A good audit begins
                with a good survey.  The survey Is the auditor's
                road map;  it helps the auditor determine what to
                audit or examine  and what not to. The course
                covers: an overview of the audit process; planning
                and preparing the survey; conducting the survey;
                evaluating results; and  reporting conclusions.
                The course includes  lectures, video tapes, and a
                "real world" case exercise.

                Length: I day

                Target audience: Auditors and managers

                Sponsor/location: Office  of the   Inspector
                General

         Ordering Officers

                This course is for personnel with Level I contract-
                ing authority in accordance with the Contracts
                Management Manual, Chapter 8; that is, persons
                authorized to place call orders under BPAs, issue
                delivery  orders  under preestabllshed  delivery-
                order-type  contracts, use imprest funds, and/or
                use SF-44s. NOTE: This course is not for project
                officers or work assignment  managers under
                level-of-eflbrt contracts.

                Length: 1 day

                Target audience: Ordering officers

                Sponsor/location: Cincinnati

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         Personal Property Management	

               This course is designed to provide participants
               with a basic understanding of personal property
               management  regulations, policies, and proce-
               dures. It includes a detailed review  for estab-
               lishing an accountable personal property area;
               delegations of authority; regulations; requisition
               review; justifications/statements of need; acquir-
               ing and disposing of unrequired/excess property;
               receiving; accountability; loans; contracts; grants;
               adjustments; inventory methods;  inventory
               reconciliations; boards of survey; and special dis-
               posals.

               Length: 1/2 day

               Target audience: Any employee directly involved
               in personal property management

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 9; Cin-
               cinnati

         Procurement under Superfund—An Introduction	

               This course includes discussions on procurement
               planning, procurement types, Justification, and
               evaluation criteria;  contract types, contract
               negotiations.  Federal grant and procurement
               regulations, contract modifications, administra-
               tion,  and monitoring. The course is directed to
               State audiences and does not meet Agency-wide
               requirements for project officer certification.

               Length: 3 days

               Target audience: State personnel involved in
               procurements under Superfund

               Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1, 3, 4, 5, 9

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         Project Officer Training	

                This training course is designed to provide par-
                ticipants with a better  understanding  of the
                procurement process and their critical role as part
                of the procurement  team  from initiation  of
                through contract closeout. This course is required
                for personnel who serve as project officers, work
                assignment managers,  or delivery order officers
                on EPA contracts, in accordance with Chapter 7
                of the  Contracts Management Manual.

                Length: 31/2-4 days

                Target audience: Required for  project officers;
                recommended for work assignment managers, or
                delivery order officers

                Sponsor/location; All locations

         Project Officer Training for Grants and Cooperative
         Agreements

                This program  is designed by the  Grants Ad-
                ministration Division to provide participants with
                a better understanding of the assistance process
                and the project officer's critical role as part of the
                assistance team  from inception of the process
                through closeout. At the completion of the course,
                participants should be better able to understand
                the  assistance cycle and the responsibilities.
                duties, and authority of the project officer during
                the  cycle;  understand and appreciate the roles
                and authorities of others  in  the assistance
                process; and be better equipped with specific in-
                formation  on how to  perform the  duties of a
                project officer.

                Length: 16 hours

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               Target audience: Newly appointed POs for EPA
               grants and cooperative agreements and anyone
               who serves as PO for assistance agreements

               Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Cincinnati

         Regional Workshop in Contracts and IAG Administration

               This course covers OWPE contract administration
               roles  and  responsibilities, work  assignment
               processes  (forms, plans), monthly progress
               reviews and cost reports, and quality assurance
               duties, using experts and consultants.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Regional and headquarters
               work assignment managers and/or site managers
               (RPMs)

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

         Strengthening the Audit Management Ability of EPA
         Managers	

               This training program covers the legal basis for
               audits, the acceptable methods for constructive
               exchange  with the auditors,  and effective ap-
               proaches available for implementing the auditor's
               recommendations. The training includes video
               tapes and background resource materials, as well
               as a separate  1-hour video tape for senior-level
               managers.

               Length: 4 hours

               Target audience: Supervisors, managers, execu-
               tives

               Sponsor/location: Region 9

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         Superfund Response Agreements Training	

               This course offers an  overview of cooperative
               agreements and is primarily intended for regional
               grants and financial management officials. The
               course will include discussion on the development
               and review of cooperative agreement applications
               and will also cover fiscal, program, and grants ad-
               ministration and management of cooperative
               agreements.

               Length: 2 days

               Target audience: Regional grants  and financial
               management officials

               Sponsor/location: OSWER

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                        Table of Contents
Computer/ADP
Microcomputers/Word Processors           247
   Basic Introductory Courses                    247
   Communications                           247
   Databases                                248
   Electronic Spreadsheets                      248
   Graphics                                 248
   Word Processing                           249

Minicomputer Courses                     250
Mainframe Courses                        251

Local Area Network (LAN) Courses           252

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                               Computer/ADP
Microcomputers/Word Processors	


        Basic Introductory Courses	

              Introduction to ADP (NCC; RTF)

              Introduction to ADP for Managers (Region 1)

              Personal Computer Basics (HQ WIC;  NCC;
              Regions 1, 2, 5,  6; Cincinnati, RTF)

              PCs for Executives (HQ Institute; NCC; Region 5)

              Laptops for Managers (Region 9)

              PC DOS (Region 9; RTP)

              Laser Printing (RTP)

        Communications	

              E-Mail—An  Introduction to Electronic Mail
              (Regions 1, 7, 9, 10; RTP)

              Electronic Mail—Advanced (Regions 7, 10; RTP)

              Introduction to  PC Communications (Regions 1.
              10)

              3270-Type Communications for PCs and Telex
              Terminals (Region 9)

              High-Speed File Transfer (RTP)

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         Databases	

               Introduction to dBase HI (HQ WIC; NCC; Regions
               1, 2, 5, 6, 9; Cincinnati, RTF)

               Intermediate dBASE III (Region 2)

               Advanced dBase HI (HQ WIC; NCC; Regions 5. 9)

               dBase III Lab (Region 9)

               dBase Labels (RTF)

               Introduction to dBase HI Plus (NCC; Regions 3, 4,
               5.10)

         Electronic Spreadsheets	

               Introduction to  Lotus 1-2-3 (HQ WIC;  NCC;
               Regions 1. 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 9, 10; Cincinnati, RTF)

               Intermediate Lotus 1-2-3 (Region 2)

               Advanced Lotus 1-2-3 (HQ WIC; NCC; Regions 5,
               6)

               Lotus 1-2-3 Macros (Region 9)

               Lotus Regression (RTF)

               Lotus 1-2-3 Lab (Region 9)

         Graphics	

               PC Graphics—An Overview (Region 3)

               CHARTER—Introduction.  Intermediate, Ad-
               vanced (Region 10)

                Presentation Graphics (Region 9)

               Autocad for Computer Graphics (Region 9)

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               AutoCad Version 9.0 Update (Region 9)

               Introduction to Freelance (NCC; RTF)

               Graphwriter (RTF)

         Word Processing	

               Introduction to Lexitron (NCC; Regions 1, 3)

               Lexitron Advanced Word Processing (NCC)

               Lexitron Introduction for Managers (NCC)

               Lexitype (NCC; Regions 3. 6)

               Introduction to  Word Perfect for Beginning PC
               Users (HQ WIC; NCC)

               Introduction to  WordPerfect (HQ  WIC;  NCC;
               Regions 1.2)

               Word Processing (Region 5)

               Hands-On Basic Wang Training,  Parts I  and II
               (Region 10)

               Wang Basics on Video, Parts I and II (Region 10)

               Wang Networking/Printing Systems (Region 10)

               Wang Advanced Functions and Utilities (Region
               10)

               Wang Glossary (Region 10)

               Wang Coordinator (Region 10)

               Wang Software Options (Region 10)

               Wang's Standard Editor vs. WP PLUS  Editor
               (Region 10)

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              WP PLUS—An Introduction to Wang's New OIS
              Editor (Region 10)

              WP PLUS—Intermediate (Region 10)

              WP PLUS—Advanced (Region 10)

              Wang Logon/WP Plus Access to Conference Room
              Schedule (Region 10)

              WordStar (NCC; Region 10)

              Mailmerge (RTP)

              WordStar 2000 for New Users (Region 9)

              WordStar 2000 Basics (Region 9)

              WordStar 2000 for Managers (Region 9)

              WordStar 2000 Intermediate (Region 9)

              WordStar 2000 Lab (Region 9)

              Multimate (NCC; Region 10)

              Introduction to Multimate Advantage II (Region 4)

              Multimate Advantage II—Workshop I (Region 4)


Minicomputer Courses	


              DEC/VAX Course 1  (NCC)

              DEC/VAX Course 2  (NCC)

              DEC/VAX Focus Application Development (NCC)

              DEC/VAX Focus Reporting (NCC)

              DR Graph (Region 3) (??)

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              Prime Orientation (NCC)

              Prime Text (NCC)

              Introduction to Prime 20/20 (NCC, Region 5)

              Introduction to Prime INFO (NCC)

              Advanced Prime INFO (NCC)

              Prime INFO-Versagraph (NCC)

              Prime INFO-Text (NCC)

              Prime WordMARC (NCC)


Mainframe Courses	


              Introduction to Focus (NCC; Region 2)

              Focus Application Development (HQ WIC; Region
              5)

              Focus Reporting  (HQ WIC; Region 5)

              Introduction to IBM ISPF/TSO/SDSF (Region 10)

              Writing  Command Procedures (CLISTs) (NCC;
              Region 5)

              Introduction to TSO/ISPF for Programmers (NCC;
              Region 5)

              TSO for Non-Full-Screen Users (NCC; Region 5)

              TSO for Full-Screen Users (NCC; Region 5)

              Introduction to IBM Job Control Language (NCC;
              Region 5)

              ISPF for IBM Users (NCC; Region 5)

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              ISPF Dialog Manager (HQ WIC; NCC; Regions 3,5)

              Introduction to IBM Full-Screen Processing (HQ
              WIC; NCC; Regions 3, 5)

              Intermediate IBM Full-Screen Processing (HQ
              WIC; NCC)

              Advanced IBM Full-Screen Processing (NCC;
              Region 5)

              Introduction to the  Logical Mainframe (NCC;
              Region 2)

              Introduction to RACF (NCC)

              Introduction to Tell-A-Graf (NCC)

              ADABAS: Introduction to Natural Programming
              (HQWIC)

              ADABAS: Natural 2 Conversion Workshop (HQ
              WIC)


Local Area Network (LAN) Courses	


              LAN Administrator Course (HQ WIC)

              Executive Management Overview (HQ WIC)

              Basic LAN User (HQ WIC)

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SELF-INSTRUCTION, CORRESPONDENCE,
       SLIDE-TAPE COURSES

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                            Table of Contents
Self-Instruction, Correspondence, and
Slide-Tape Courses	


Science and Technology—Air and Radiation     259

    Air Pollution Control Orientation Course (3rd Edition)   259

    Air Pollution Control Systems for Selected Industries    259

    Ambient Air Monitoring—An Introduction (2nd Edition)  260

    Baghouse Plan Review                             260

    Basic Air Pollution Meteorology                      260

    Boiler Operation—An Introduction                   261

    Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking Process
    Equipment                                      261

    Diagnosing Vegetation Injury Caused by Air Pollution    262

    Dispersion Modeling—An Introduction                262

    Effective Stack Height/Plume Rise                   262

    Electrostatic Precipitator Plan Review                 263

    Fundamentals of Effective Permit Drafting and
    Analysis                                         263

    General Quality Assurance Considerations for
    Ambient Air Monitoring                            264

    Hazardous Waste Calculations                       264

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Science and Technology—Air and Radiation
continued

    Measuring the Emission of Organic Compounds to the
    Atmosphere                                     264

    New Source Performance Standards: Surface Coating
    Operations                                      265

    Problem Workbook for Control of Gaseous and
    Partlculate Emissions                             265

    Quality Assurance for Source Emission
    Measurements                                  266

    Reference and Automated Equivalent Measurement
    Methods for Ambient Air Monitoring                  266

    Site Selection for Monitoring of Photochemical
    Pollutants and CO In Ambient Air                   267

    Site Selection for Monitoring of SO2 and TSP
    in Ambient Air                                  267

    Source Receptor Modeling—An Introduction           267

    Source Sampling Programs for Programmable
    Calculators—EPA Reference Methods 2 through 5       268

    Transmissometer Systems—Operation
    and Maintenance                                268

    Wet Scrubber Plan Review                         269

Science and Technology—Cross-Media          269

    Environmental Statistics—An Introduction            269

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Science and Technology—Quality
Assurance/Quality Control                     270

    Chaln-of-Custody Procedures for Samples and Data     270

Science and Technology—Solid and Hazardous
Wastes                                         271

    Construction of RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Wells    271

Science and Technology—Water and
Groundwater                                   271

    Construction of RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Wells    271

    Field Techniques for Characterization of Groundwater
    Hydrologic Environments                          271

    Modeling To Determine the Aquifer Area Contributing
    Water to Production Wells—Recharge Area Modeling
    Concepts                                      272

    Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants             272
Legal, Regulatory, and Enforcement            273

   Baseline Source Inspection Techniques—An
   Introduction                                   273

   Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking Process
   Equipment                                    274

   Inspection Procedures for Organic Solvent Metal
   Cleaning (Degreasing) Operations                  274

   Laboratory Compliance with RCRA                 274

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   Overview of PSD Regulations                     275

   Project Planning and Management of Geohydrologic
   Investigations                                 275

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      Self-Instruction,  Correspondence,

                    and Slide-Tape Courses



Science and Technology—Air and Radiation


        Air Pollution Control Orientation Course (3rd Edition)

              This self-instructional course provides broad
              coverage of air pollution and its control. The in-
              structional materials  consist of audio cassette
              tapes and printed booklets.

              Length: 30 hours

              Target audience: New employees in governmen-
              tal air pollution control agencies. The course may
              also be useful for others seeking  a general
              knowledge of the air pollution field.

              Sponsor/location: APTI

        Air Pollution Control Systems for Selected Industries	

              This course is an introduction to the fundamental
              operating  characteristics of particulate and
              gaseous pollutant emission control systems. It
              reviews physical, chemical, and engineering prin-
              ciples of control  devices and the application of
              control systems  to several types of industrial
              processes.

              Length: 40 hours

              Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

              Sponsor/location: APTI

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         Ambient Air Monitoring—An Introduction (2nd Edition)

               This correspondence course covers ambient air
               quality monitoring. It introduces terms used in air
               monitoring and presents practical information
               about the monitoring process. Theoretical
               monitoring concepts are also described.

               Length: 50 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Baghouse Plan Review	

               This self-instructional course focuses on review
               procedures for baghouse devices used to reduce
               particulate air pollution from industrial sources.

               Length: 20 hours

               Target audience: Engineers and other technical
               personnel  responsible for reviewing baghouse
               plans

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Basic Air Pollution Meteorology	

               This  self-instructional  course uses slide/tape
               presentations, text materials, and reading assign-
               ments to present basic meteorology, meteorologi-
               cal  effects on  air pollution, meteorological
               instrumentation, air quality modeling,  and
               regulatory programs requiring a knowledge of
               meteorology.

               Length: 25 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

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                Sponsor/location: APTI

         Boiler Operation—An Introduction	

                This self-Instructional course presents an Intro-
                duction to the operation of boilers. This will be the
                first in a series of four (or five) courses on inspect-
                ing and/or operating different types of boilers—
                small-package boilers,  commercial boilers,
                industrial boilers,  and utility boilers. The series
                will be designed to use many existing and soon-to-
                be-published EPA  documents. The student com-
                pleting  this course  may choose any of the
                remaining courses In the series  that  are  ap-
                propriate to his or her background and/or inter-
                est.

                Length: 20 hours

                Target audience: Engineers and other technical
                personnel responsible for inspecting boilers

                Sponsor/location: APTI

         Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking Process
         Equipment	

                This self-instructional course reviews in detail the
                sources of fugitive VOC emissions and the proce-
                dures and equipment used to detect leaks.

                Length: 20 hours

                Target audience; Technical staff involved in
                monitoring industries for VOC  emissions from
                leaking process equipment

                Sponsor/location: APTI

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         Diagnosing Vegetation Injury Caused by Air Pollution

                This self-instructional  course provides basic
                training in procedures helpful in identifying and
                verifying injury to plants caused by air pollutants.
                Types of vegetation known to be sensitive to cer-
                tain pollutants and the means of identifying or ex-
                cluding alternative pollutant symptoms are
                covered. The course consists of 35-mm slides,
                booklets, audio cassette  tapes, and quizzes with
                answers at the end of each unit.

                Length: 30 hours

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location; APT!

         Dispersion Modeling—An Introduction	

                This self-instructional  course uses slide-tape
                presentations, text materials, and reading assign-
                ments as instructional formats. The course
                presents general concepts of air quality point
                source models and  specific, detailed considera-
                tions of individual point source models. Models
                and their use in determining air pollution ground-
                level concentrations  will be put into proper
                perspective by examining two case studies.

                Length: 35 hours

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location: APT!

         Effective Stack Height/Plume Rise	

                This self-instructional package consists  of three
                exercises. Exercise  1 is made up of a narrated
                slide series and an APTI  article, both entitled "Ef-
                fective Stack Height." Exercise 2 is made up of the

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                text "Plume Rise" and an audio tape presentation
                by Dr. Gary A. Briggs, with accompanying lecture
                notes in the work manual. Exercise 3 contains a
                summary of Dr. Briggs1 latest analyses  and the
                current EPA calculation procedures. Problem sets
                conclude each exercise,

                Length: 10 hours

                Target audience: Air  pollution control agency
                personnel  responsible for making or reviewing
                plume estimates for elevated air pollutant sources

                Sponsor/location: APTI

         Electrostatic Precipitator Plan Review	

                This self-instructional course focuses on review
                procedures for electrostatic precipitators (ESPs)
                used to reduce particulate emissions from in-
                dustrial sources.

                Length: 20 hours

                Target audience: Engineers and other technical
                personnel responsible for reviewing ESP plans

                Sponsor/location; APTI

         Fundamentals of Effective Permit Drafting and Analysis.

                This self-instructional course provides Informa-
                tion on the major national air pollution source
                permitting programs. It was designed to provide
                technical training in methods of effective and effi-
                cient review, analysis, and drafting of construc-
                tion and operating permits.

                Length: 40 hours

                Target audience: Personnel involved  In permit
                operations; inspection personnel

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               Sponsor/location: APTI

         General Quality Assurance Considerations for Ambient
         Air Monitoring	

               This correspondence course presents general
               quality assurance considerations for ambient air
               monitoring. Major  topics include quality as-
               surance for air quality monitoring systems and
               SLAMS  and PSD air monitoring networks, and
               performance and system auditing.

               Length: 30 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Hazardous Waste Calculations	

               This course requires access to an IBM PC/AT or
               compatible computer. A computer disk containing
               the program  for calculating  the  combustion
               properties of hazardous waste is provided. The
               student, with the aid of the computer, will make
               determinations of percent excess air, flue gas
               volume, combustion-chamber design characteris-
               tics, etc.

               Length: 30 hours

               Target  audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Measuring the Emission of Organic Compounds to the
         Atmosphere	

               This course  is an advanced  self-instructional
               study program designed to develop comprehen-
               sive knowledge in source measurement for volatile
               organic air pollutants.lt presents a review of

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                regulations affecting the emissions of organic
                compounds from industrial sources, a review of
                gas chromatography used for organic analysis,
                and detailed discussions of EPA sampling and
                analysis techniques for organic compounds. Part I
                of the course covers review material; Part II covers
                the individual EPA methods.

                Length: 30 hours

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location: APTI

         New Source Performance Standards: Surface Coating
         Operations	

                This series of three slide-tape programs and one
                study guide familiarizes the student with surface-
                coating operations and the applicable New Source
                Performance Standards.  Topics covered include
                typical  processes, VOC  emissions and control
                techniques, standards of performance, and per-
                formance tests. Titles in the series are: Coll Coat-
                ing; Metal  Furniture; Large  Appliances; and
                Calculations for Selected  Coating Operations.

                Length: 2 1/2 hours

                Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

                Sponsor/location: APT!

         Problem Workbook for Control of Gaseous and
         Particulate Emissions

                This self-instructional problems workbook con-
                tains three parts: a glossary of common terms
                with explanations; a units operations section con-
                taining the basic principles of chemistry, physics,
                and thermodynamics that are required In air pol-

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               lution  control equipment calculations; and a
               problem section with solutions.

               Length: 50 hours

               Target audience: Engineers and other technical
               personnel responsible for making and reviewing
               calculations concerning air pollution  control
               equipment

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Quality Assurance for Source Emission Measurements

               This correspondence  course  covers quality as-
               surance  procedures for EPA manual source
               measurement methods 1 through 8. The course
               reviews, in detail, essentials of equipment calibra-
               tion, proper testing methods, proper use of stand-
               ardized testing forms, and EPA data tolerances.

               Length: 35 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Reference and Automated Equivalent Measurement
         Methods for Ambient Air Monitoring	

               This correspondence course covers in detail EPA-
               deslgnated reference and equivalent  measure-
               ment methods for ambient air quality monitoring.
               Automated  nonmethane organic compound
               analyzers are also discussed.

               Length: 30 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI

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         Site Selection for Monitoring of Photochemical Pollutants
         and CO in Ambient Air	

               This correspondence course covers the siting of
               ambient monitors for CO, nonmethane hydrocar-
               bons, NO, NO2. and ozone. The course presents
               general concepts of ambient monitor site selection
               and specific, detailed considerations and proce-
               dures for selecting  CO, nonmethane  hydrocar-
               bons, NO,  NO2, and ozone ambient monitoring
               sites.

               Length: 35 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APT!

         Site Selection for Monitoring of SO2 and TSP in Ambient
         Air	

               This correspondence course covers the siting of
               ambient SO2 and  TSP monitors. The course
               presents general concepts of ambient monitor site
               selection and specific, detailed considerations and
               procedures for selecting SO2 and TSP ambient
               monitoring sites.

               Length: 35 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APT!

         Source Receptor Modeling—An Introduction	

               This course uses slide/tape presentations and
               reading assignments to present receptor models
               and their application to aerosol source apportion-
               ment. Receptor models are a group of quantitative
               source  impact-assessment  techniques that are

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               based on the chemical and physical measure-
               ments of the aerosol at the receptor.

               Length: 30 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Source Sampling Programs for Programmable
         Calculators—EPA Reference Methods 2 through 5	

               This course provides examples of source sampling
               calculator programs developed for the Texas In-
               struments TI-59 calculators. The course presents
               program listings;  instructions for using the
               programs; and example problems. Two types of
               programs are presented—one for  field calcula-
               tions, the  other for report calculations. The
               programs are intended to  serve as guides for
               developing the user's own programs, but they can
               be used "as is" in sampling studies conducted for
               stationary sources. Additional programs for other
               hand-held programmable calculators  and
               microcomputers may be developed in the future.

               Length: 15 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location; APT!

         Transmissometer Systems—Operation and Maintenance

               This course is  an advanced self-instructional
               study program  designed  to develop a working
               knowledge of transmissometer systems.  It
               presents detailed  operating characteristics  of
               commercially available transmissometers and the
               common maintenance techniques used to provide
               for continuing operation. A comprehensive dis-
               cussion of regulatory specifications in terms of in-

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               strument design, installation,  and performance
               testing addresses both existing regulatory
               programs and  the implications of pending
               specifications.

               Length: 30 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI

         Wet Scrubber Plan Review	

               This self-instructional course focuses on review
               procedures for wet scrubbers used to reduce par-
               ticulate and gaseous emissions from Industrial
               sources.

               Length: 40 hours

               Target audience: Engineers and other technical
               personnel responsible for reviewing plan for the
               installation of wet scrubbers

               Sponsor/location: APTI


Science and Technology—Cross-Media	


         Environmental Statistics—An Introduction

               This self-instructional  package introduces  the
               basic concepts  of statistical  analysis.  It was
               designed for students with little formal education
               in statistics who must apply statistical techniques
               to analysis of environmental data. It also serves as
               a review and prerequisite for the advanced course
               426, Statistical Methods for Air Pollution Data.
               The package is in seven modules and Includes
               workbook, 35-mm slides, and audio cassette
               tapes.

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               Length: 70 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI


Science and Technology—Quality
Assurance/Quality Control	


        Chain-o(-Custody Procedures for Samples and Data

               This  two-part  slide-tape presentation covers
               proper procedures for documenting the posses-
               sion  or custody of  samples and data.  Part A
               defines chain of custody, presents a rationale for
               maintaining proper chain-of-custody documenta-
               tion, and delineates correct chain-of-custody pro-
               cedures for both samples and  data. Part B
               presents a model chain-of-custody procedure for
               a hypothetical  measurement project  in which
               manual sampling takes place at one location  and
               the samples are analyzed at another. The student
               sees the entire procedure, from preliminary opera-
               tions through preparation and storage of the final
               data.

               Length: 1 day

               Target Audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APTI

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Science and Technology—Solid and
Hazardous Wastes	


        Construction of RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Wells

               This video  reviews the  installation of a RCRA
               monitoring well  in  accordance with the EPA
               guidance. "RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Tech-
               nical Enforcement Guidance Document."The tape
               also includes information about purging and sam-
               pling equipment.  Each EPA region has a copy of
               the tape, as does headquarters in Washington,
               D.C.

               Length: 12 minutes

               Target audience: RCRA enforcement personnel
               and permit writers involved with groundwater
               monitoring

               Sponsor/location; OSWER
Science and Technology—Water
        Construction of RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Wells

              See description under Science and Technology,
              Solid and Hazardous Waste.

        Field Techniques for Characterization of Groundwater
        Hydro-logic Environments	

              This self-study  course includes videotaped
              presentations and associated technical articles
              that describe selected  field methods used to
              characterize the geology and hydrology of aquifers
              and the physical and chemical quality of
              groundwater. The  materials are intended to

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               familiarize staff who scope, manage, or evaluate
               the products of geohydrologic Investigations with
               a variety of field investigative techniques, their
               uses and limitations. The tapes cover a range of
               topics and may be viewed separately or together.

               Length: 12 hours

               Target audience: EPA staff who  possess  a
               general understanding of hydrologic terms and
               concepts

               Sponsor/location: Region 1

         Modeling To Determine the Aquifer Area Contributing
         Water to Production Wells Recharge Area Modeling
         Concepts	

               These  videotaped presentations for self-study
               describe  groundwater hydrologic concepts  and
               analytical and numerical  methods used to
               describe groundwater flow to pumping wells. They
               are intended to provide a self-study training op-
               portunity to familiarize staff who manage projects
               or  programs that  require  evaluation of
               groundwater resource allocations,  groundwater
               resource assessment, aquifer contamination and
               restoration. The tapes cover a range of topics and
               may be viewed separately or together.

               Length: 5 hours

               Target audience: EPA staff who manage projects
               or programs concerned with groundwater  use.
               protection, contamination, and restoration

               Sponsor/location: Region 1

         Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants	

               This detailed  correspondence course  covers all
               aspects of the  operation of municipal wastewater

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               treatment facilities, such as unit processes, main-
               tenance, and plant safety. It Is designed for was-
               tewater treatment plant operators and Is valuable
               to professionals Involved with wastewater treat-
               ment. It will provide EPA personnel with an excel-
               lent understanding of operation and maintenance
               of municipal wastewater treatment facilities.

               Length; 2  1-hour sessions each month for 6
               months plus periodic  field  trips  to wastewater
               treatment plants

               Target audience: Environmental  engineers,
               scientists,  and  others Interested In municipal
               wastewater treatment

               Sponsor/location: Region 1
Legal, Regulatory, and Enforcement
         Baseline Source Inspection Techniques—An Introduction

               This self-Instructional course covers the basics of
               the baseline inspection techniques for air pollu-
               tion control equipment. This technique is based
               on the use of site-specific data to evaluate shifts
               In operating conditions. Most major types of air
               pollution control  devices and auxiliary systems
               are covered. Inspection procedures, data collec-
               tion, data recording, and interpretation are ex-
               plained. Review  problems and questions are
               presented.

               Length: 88 hours

               Target audience: Air pollution field Inspectors
               and Industrial air pollution control equipment
               operators

               Sponsor/location: APTI

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         Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking Process
         Equipment	

               This self-instructional course reviews in detail the
               sources of fugitive VOC emissions and the proce-
               dures and equipment used to detect leaks.

               Length: 20 hours

               Target audience: Technical staff involved in
               monitoring industries for VOC emissions from
               leaking process equipment

               Sponsor/location: APT!

         Inspection Procedures for Organic Solvent Metal
         Cleaning (Degreasing) Operations	

               This correspondence course deals with inspection
               procedures for degreasing operations. It reviews in
               detail the inspection and VOC source-testing pro-
               cedures for degreasers.

               Length: 20 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff

               Sponsor/location: APT!

         Laboratory Compliance with RCRA	

               This video describes how Federal hazardous waste
               rules apply to laboratory staff and conveys the im-
               portance of working with the waste control officer
               who is responsible for managing the actual recy-
               cling, transportation, treatment, storage, and/or
               disposal.

               Length: 22 minutes

               Target audience: Lab personnel whose primary
               duties are analysis or research

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               Sponsor/location; OSWER

         Overview of PSD Regulations	

               This self-instructional course provides a com-
               prehensive overview of regulations governing the
               prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) of air
               quality. The  course includes five slide/tape
               presentations and six flipbook/tape presentations
               covering applicability determination, best avail-
               able control  technology (BACT) analysis, air
               quality analysis, additional impacts analysis, and
               agency review. Also included are a copy of the
               Workshop Manual  used  in EPA's 1980  PSD
               workshops; a copy of Title I, Part  C  of the Clean
               Air Act (as amended August 1977), and the EPA
               PSD regulations as of July 1981.

               Length: 15 hours

               Target audience: Interested EPA staff

               Sponsor/location: APT!


Management Development	


         Project Planning and Management of Geohydrologic
         Investigations

               These videotaped presentations  for self-study
               describe hydrologic study planning, consult-and-
               select processes, and project management. They
               are  intended to provide a self-study training op-
               portunity to familiarize staff who scope, manage,
               and evaluate hydrologic studies with project plan-
               ning and management processes. The videotapes
               cover a range of topics  and  may be viewed
               separately or together.

               Length: 5 hours

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               Target audience: EPA staff who manage projects
               that have hydrologic study components

               Sponsor/location: Region 1

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APPENDIXES

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                                                              Appendix A
Headquarters Library Videotape Supplement (May 1988)	

The following are examples of titles that are available at the Headquarters library. Check listings
in your location to see what titles are available to you.
Our Hidden National Product

Radiation Curing Seminar

Effects of Increases in Atmospheric
Carbon Dioxide

Risky Business

The Toxic Substances Control Act

Freedom of Information Act, Training

Freedom of Information Act, Training


Asbestos Mobile Unit

Highlights from: Emergency Planning for
Potable Water Supplies



Highlights from: Emergency Planning for
Potable Water Supplies



What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

Groundwater Pollution

Lead in Drinking Water
(Film Transfer)                       1979

(2 tapes)                            23 Mar 85


(VidCon/Sigma-DOE)                 16 Sept 85

(Northwestern University)              1985

(2 parts) (Dupont Company)            1986

(2 parts, Darner)                     June 1986

(Personnel Records/Agency Records
and Fee Waivers, Huff)                June 1986

(Mini-doc)                           Sept 1986


(2 parts. 1st day)                     30 Oct 85

(Edited)                            29 Sept 86


(2 parts. 2nd day)                     31 Oct 85

(Edited)                            29 Sept 86

(4 tapes)                            22 Oct 86

(Judy Campbell-Bird) (C-SPAN)         24 Oct 86

(Off-Air-News Excerpts)                06 Nov 86

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                                                                    EPA Training Catalogue
The Toxic Swat Team                    (National Geographic)

Lead In Drinking Water and Poisoned River (MacNeil/Lehrer)
Lead in Drinking Water and
Waste Taste Test

Emergency Exercise

Are You Swimming in a Sewer

The Dirtiest River

EPA's FY 1988 Budget

Toxic Waste and the Environment

The Hole in the Sky

Reducing Radon in Structures:
Radon Occurrence and Health Effects

Reducing Radon in Structures:
Overview of the Mitigation Process
Reducing Radon in Structures:
Screening and Follow-up Measurements    (2 parts)

Reducing Radon in Structures:
Indoor Radon Mitigation Methods          (2 parts)

Reducing Radon in Structures:
Domestic Water, Radon Measurement
and Control

Reducing Radon in Structures: Performance
Assessment
Radon Protection in New Construction
Protecting Worker Health
Case Study
(CBS-TV News)

(4 tapes)

(NOVA)

(CBS)

(Press Conference)

(Dr. Porter) (C-SPAN)

(NOVA)
09 Nov 86

12 Nov 86


20 Nov 86

11 Dec 86

02 Dec 86

28 Dec 86

05 Jan 87

14 Feb 87

24 Feb 87


27 Jan 87


27 Jan 87


28 Jan 87


28 Jan 87



03 Feb 87


29 Jan 87
Asian Cockroach
(ABC-TV)
18 Mar 87

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A Deadly Secret                        (ABC-TV)                            26 Mar 87

Flight Plans: Asian Cockroach            (NBC-TV)                            27 Mar 87

The Power of Excellence:
The Forgotten Customer                 (Video Pub. House)                    24 Apr 87

Garbage: In Search of a Dumping Ground  (ABC-TV)                            07 May 87

Garbage: Voyage of a Barge               (ABC-TV)                            07 May 87

Public Service Recognition                                                   07 May 87

Garbage Barge: Raw Footage of EPA and
Coast Guard Inspection                                                     07 May 87

New Superfund: What It Is, How It Works   (6 parts)                             06 Mar 87

La Cucaracha: Cockroaches              Alf TV Show/Alien Production (NBC-TV)  04 May 87

Garbage Crisis                         Multimedia (Donahue Show)            27 May 87

Municipal Waste Hearing                 (C-SPAN)                            05 June 87

Title III: Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know           (3 parts)                             25 June 87

News Excerpts on Pesticides              (ABC/NBC News)                     23/24 June 87

EPA Senior Executive Forum (Lee Thomas)  (8 parts)                             24 Feb 87

Interview with Lee Thomas on
International Environmental Issues        (WORLDNET)                        09 July 87

Press Conference on Volatile
Organic Compounds with Lee Thomas      (2 parts)                             22 July 87

Press Conference on Chlordane with
Jack Moore                                                               11 Aug 87

News Excerpts on Chlordane              (ABC/CBS/WTTG)                    11/12 Aug 87

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                                                                  EPA Training Catalogue
The Dangers of the Pesticide Chlordane

Our Land: Endangered

Chemical Emergency Preparedness
Program: Title III

State Revolving Fund: Training Course

Press Conference on Dioxin in the
Paper Industry

Off-Air-News Excerpts

Superfund Implementation Hearing

Hearing on Acid Rain

Clean Air Act Hearing with Lee Thomas

Asbestos in School: Congressional Hearing

Acid Rain Hearing: House Energy and
Commerce Subcommittee

Acid Rain Hearing:
U.S.-Canadian Relations

CFC Film: Make a Dream Come True

CFC Film: Someone Needs You

Ralph Nader Speech from EPA Theater

EPA Day Care Center Opening

Interview with Sheldon Meyers
on Radon Gas

Acid Rain Press Conference
(CBS-West 57th)

(8 parts) (ABC Special Assignment)


(5 parts)

(5 parts)




(CBS/ABC/NBC/CNN)

(C-SPAN)

(C-SPAN)

(2 parts) (C-SPAN)

(C-SPAN)


(C-SPAN)


(C-SPAN)

(1987 Campaign)

(1988 Campaign)

(2 parts)

(WTTG-TV)


(CBS News Nightwatch)

(5 parts)
15Aug87

24Aug-03Sept87


 25 Jun 87

18 Aug 87


24 Sept 87

02-28 Sept 87

29 Apr 87

22 Apr 87

22 July 87

03 Aug 87


02 Oct 87


08 Oct 87

16 Oct 86

12 Oct 87

16 July 87

09 Aug 87


02 Sept 87

17 Sept 87

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RCRA/CERCIA Integration:
Video Conference

Off-Air-News Excerpts

Mini-docs

Off-Air-News Excerpts

Economic Case for the Environment
with Dr. John Galbraith

THIS OLD HOUSE: Asbestos Removal

Press Conference on the Ozone Layer
with Lee Thomas
(3 parts)

fWRC/CBS/ABC/NBC/WJLA)



(ABC-TV/Good Morning America)




(PBS-TV)
Asbestos Related Deaths in Manville. N.J.   (CBS-TV/West 57th)
Hartz Blockade Flea Spray is
Killing Our Pets

Off-Air-News Excerpts

Lead and Your Drinking Water

Contracting with EPA for
Superfund Removal Cleanups

Crack and Crevice Treatment for
Cockroach Management

America's Wetlands

Wildlife, Wetlands and You
The Duck Story

Off-Air-News Excerpts

Off-Air-News Excerpts on
Pennsylvania Oil Spill
ABC-TV (20/20)

(NBC/CBS/ABC/CNN-TV News)

30 Second PSA/Supermarket Scene


(5 parts)


(D.O.I.)

(Film Transfer)


Fish & Wildlife Service

(CBS-TV News)


(CBS/ABC/NBC/WRC/WUSA-TV)
	283


 06 Oct 87

 05-16 Oct 87

 Unknown

 03 Nov 87


 12 Nov 87

 14 Nov 87


 17 Nov 87

 21 Nov 87


 27 Nov 87

 17 Nov-01 Dec 87

 1987


 12 May 87


 Dec 87

 13 Jul 87
 02-23 Dec 87

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                                                                   EPA Training Catalogue
For Your Family's Sake: Drinking Water     (CBN-Cable TV Special)

Failure of the Environmental Effort
with Barry Commoner

EPA's 3rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Celebration
Off-Air-News Excerpts on
Fuel Spill in Pennsylvania

Off-Air-News Excerpts on
Drinking water and Acid Rain

Off-Air-News Excerpts on Radon Gas

Does It Have To Be This Way?
with Tim Conway

Water Follies

Mount Trashmore

Water

EPA's Youth Awards

R.F.I. Training: Soil Gas Monitoring
with Dr. Thomas Spittler

Sediment Criteria Briefing with
Chris Zarba

Administrative Enforcement with
Walter Mugden Deputy Regional
Counsel, N.Y.

EPA's Criminal Investigation with
Jim Moore Regional Counsel, Seattle
(ABC/CNN/CBS-TV News)


(CNN/CBS/WUSA-TV News)

(NBC/WRC/CBS/WJLA-TV News)


(Transfer-Film #107-032)

(Transfer-Film #107-088)

(Transfer-Film #107-087)

(Transfer-Film #107-083)
(2 parts)
08 Jan 88


12 Jan 88


15 Jan 88


06-07 Jan 88


05-O7 Jan 88

04 Jan-04 Feb 88


1975

1976

1976

1976

1987


Aug87


1987



20 Mar 87


22 Apr 87

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                                           285
Civil Judicial Enforcement with
David Ullrick Regional Counsel,
Chicago

FY 1989 Budget

There Ought to be a Law

Three Waste Water Treatment Titles:
001251 to 001253 Also Sand Filter
Technology

Small-Diameter Effluent Sewers

Planning Waste Water Facilities for
Small Communities

Interview with Dr. John A. Hernandez
EPA Deputy Administrator


People and Toxics

CFC and the Ozone Layer:
Should CFC Be Banned? with
Rafe Pomerance and Kevin Fay

Overview of the U.S. EPA

Overview of the U.S. EPA for New
Employees

New Trial Lawyers with John Hohn
and Ron McCallum

Chemical Pollution in Louisiana

Proposal to Cut Back CFC Production
to Protect the Ozone Layer with
Lee Thomas. EPA Administrator
Press Conference

(Public Service Announcement)
(Izaak Walton League
Make Peace with Nature)

(2 parts) (WNHT-TV Call-in)
CNN-TV (Sonja-Live in L.A.)

(For release to the public)
Fox Broadcasting (Current Affairs)
Press Conference
 23 Jul 87

 18 Feb 88

 Feb88
                                     22 Dec 86
01 Mar 82

26 Apr 79



09 Oct 87

15 Jan 87


1987


1987

06 Jan 88



01 Dec 87

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                                                                  EPA Training Catalogue
Asbestos in Public Buildings:
EPA Study and Recommendation to
Congress with John Moore

Asbestos in Public Buildings: EPA Study
and Recommendation to Congress with
David Kling, HHAB

The Crisis of Failing Bureaucracies with
Michael McCloskey, Chairman
Sierra Club

Radon Watch: Radon Survival Course

Energy or the Environment:
Must We Choose?

Off-Air-News Excerpts

Much Ado About Nothing
with Bruce Ames, Cancer Researcher

Tempest Over Trash and the
Ozone Layer Problem

Aids in the Workplace with Hector Suarez
EPA, N.C.

Depletion of the Ozone Layer and
Acid Rain

Poison and the Pentagon

Complying with the Asbestos
Hazard Emergency Response Act

The Reagan Legacy with Chris DeMuth
President, American Enterprise Institute

Not a Drop to Drink

Conserving America: The Rivers
Press Conference
Press Briefing (2parts)
(WJLA-TV/Washington, D.C.)
29 Feb 88



29 Feb 88



23 Feb 88

12 Mar 88
(WJLA-TV/Washington, D.C.)            13 Mar 88

(WJLA/CBS/ABC/NBC/WRC-TV News)   23 Feb-24 Mar 81
ABC (20/20)
PBS-TV/McNeil-Lehrer
PBS/WETA-TV (World Beat)

PBS/WETA-TV (Frontline)


(AHERA) (An EPA Teleconference)
Source: C.F. Industries, Inc.

(WETA-TV/ Channel 22)
 18 Mar 88


 25 Mar 88


01 Apr 8


02 Apr 88

05 Apr 88


13 Apr'88


14 Apr 88

Apr 88

04 May 88

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                                      Appendix B

Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor	
        Region 1
              Administrative Forms Preparation

              ADP for Managers—An Introduction

              Advocacy/Oral Presentation Seminar

              Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials

              Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
              fund Waste Sites

              Asbestos Removals in the Home: What You
              Need To Know

              CERCLA Orientation

              Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
              and Skills

              Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
              ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
              Order Officers

              Correspondence Formats and Procedures

              dBase III—An Introduction

              E-Mail—Introduction to Electronic Mail

              Effective Public Relations

              Environmental Risk Assessment

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               EPA Institute Instructor Training

               Ethics and Conflict of Interest

               Expert Witness Seminar

               Field Instrumentation for Determination of
               Volatile Organic Chemicals In the Environment

               Field Techniques for Characterization of
               Groundwater Hydrologic Environments

               Field Techniques for the Characterization of
               Groundwater Hydrologic Environments

               First Aid and CPR Training

               Framework for Supervision

               Freedom of Information Act Training

               Geophysical Techniques for Finding Burled
               Waste: Techniques and Basic Theory

               Giardiasis—Waterborne

               Grammar of Clarity: Writing for Clericals, En-
               gineers, and Administrative Staff

               Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
               Their Application at Superfund Sites

               Hazardous Materials Response for First
               Responders

               Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

               Human Resources/Affirmative Action Needs As-
               sessment Workshop: Communicating Across
               Gender, Race, and Culture in the Workplace

               Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods

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                Introduction to Groundwater Investigations

                Keys to Managerial Excellence

                Lexitron—An Introduction

                Lotus  1-2-3—An Introduction

                Lunchtlme Training Video Series

                Management of Construction in the Superfund
                Program

                Modeling To Determine the Aquifer Area Con-
                tributing to Production Wells—Recharge Area
                Modeling Concepts

                Negotiation Skills for Attorneys

                New Employee Orientation

                New Sources Review/Prevention of
                Significant Deterioration Permitting
                Regulations for the Construction
                of New Sources and Modifications of
                Sources of Air Pollution

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

                Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants

                Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants

                PC Communicationns—An Introduction

                Personal Computer Basics

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Procurement under Superfund

                Project Officer Training

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                Project Planning and Management of
                Geohydrologic Investigations

                Publishing and Presenting Technical Articles
                and Material

                Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
                Workshop

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Safety Refresher Training Course

                Sampling for Hazardous Materials

                Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives

                Speechcraft

                Supervision (Zenger-Miller)

                Telephone Training

                Timekeeping

                Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
                surface

                Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

                WordPerfect—An Introduction

                Working (Zenger-Miller)

         Region 2	

                Administrative Forms Preparation

                Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials

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               Alternate Treatment Technologies for Superfund
               Waste Sites

               Basic Groundwater Concepts

               Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

               CERCLA Orientation

               Clear Business Writing

               Compliance Strategy for Underground Storage
               Tanks

               Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
               ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
               Order Officers

               Correspondence Formats and Procedures

               Criminal Enforcement

               dBase III—An Introduction

               dBase III—Intermediate

               Dynamics of Team Work

               Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills

               Effective Job Interviewing Skills

               Effective Listening and Memory Development

               Effective People Skills

               Environmental Risk Assessment

               EPA Institute Instructor Training

               Ethics and Conflict of Interest

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               Expert Witness Seminar

               Financial Planning Seminar

               First Aid and CPR Training

               First Aid in the Home and Office

               Focus—An Introduction

               Framework for Supervision

               Freedom of Information Act Training

               Groundwater Management Modeling

               Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
               Their Application at Superfund Sites

               Hazardous Materials Response for First
               Responders

               Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

               How To Prepare the SF-182

               Initial Health and Safety Certification Training

               Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

               Interview Skills Workshop for Recruiters

               Interview Techniques

               Introduction to Remedial Design Schedule
               Management

               Keys to Managerial Excellence

               Logical Mainframe—An Introduction

               Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction

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                Lotus 1-2-3—Intermediate

                Managing Diversity

                New Employee Orientation

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
                Seminar

                Orientation to Quality Assurance Management

                OSC/RPM Basic Skills

                Personal Computer Basics

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Prevention of Sexual Harassment

                Project Officer Training

                RCRA Facilities Investigation Guidance Training

                RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enfor-
                cement Personnel

                Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
                Workshop

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Sampling for Hazardous Materials

                SF-171 Preparation Workshop

                SpeechCraft

                Stress Management

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                Supervision (Zenger-Mlller)

                Technical Writing

                Telephone Training

                Time Management

                Timekeeping

                Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
                surface

                Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

                WordPerfect—An Introduction

         Region 3	

                Accelerated Reading

                Acid Rain: An Overview

                Administrative Forms Preparation

                Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials

                Air Toxics

                Basic Environmental Toxicology

                CERCLA Orientation

                Congressional Briefing Conference for Profes-
                sionals

                Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
                ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
                Order Officers

                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

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                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

                Corrective Action:  Technologies and Alternatives

                Correspondence Formats and Procedures

                CPR and Emergency-Response First Aid

                dBase III Plus—An Introduction

                DR Graph

                Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills

                Effective Job Interviewing Skills

                Effective Writing for Professionals

                Environmental Risk Assessment

                Environmental Studies Program

                EPA Institute Instructor Training

                Ethics and Conflict of Interest

                Expert Witness Seminar

                Fear of Success

                First Aid and CPR Training

                First Aid In the Home and Office

                Framework of Supervision

                Freedom of Information Act Training

                Grammar and Punctuation

                Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction

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               Groundwater Orientation and Groundwater
               Protection Strategy

               Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
               Their Application at Superfund Sites

               Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning

               Hazardous Materials Response for First
               Responders

               Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

               Healthy Back

               Human Side of Congressional Affairs

               Hydrogeology—An Introduction

               IBM Full-Screen Processing—An Introduction

               Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods

               Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

               ISPF Dialog Manager

               Keys to Managerial Excellence

               Lexitron—An Introduction

               Lexitype

               Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction

               Management Development for Secretaries

               Managing Office Relationships

               Mechanisms of Carcinogens

               Merit Promotion and Preparing an SF-171

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               New Employee Orientation

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
               Seminar

               OSC/RPM Basic Skills

               PC Graphics—An Overview

               Performance Anxiety

               Personnel Protection and Safety

               Procurement under Superfund—An Introduction

               Project Officer Training

               Radiation and Radon



               Regional Enforcement Seminar

               Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
               Workshop

               Response Safety Decision-Making

               Risk and Decision-Making

               Safety Orientation for New Employees

               Sampling for Hazardous Materials

               Science Seminar Program

               Spanish Conversation

               Supervision and Group Performance

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               Tax Reform Act of 1986

               Telephone Training

               Timekeeping

               Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
               surface

               Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

               Wetland Ecology from an EPA Perspective

         Region 4

               Activated Sludge Process Control

               Advanced Supervision of Asbestos-Abatement
               Projects

               Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials

               Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
               fund Waste Sites

               Analytical Quality Control

               Asbestos Management Planner

               Basic Proofreading

               Career Management Workshop

               CERCLA Orientation

               Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
               and Skills

               Compliance Monitoring

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                Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
                ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
                Order Officers

                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

                Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives

                dBase III Plus—An Introduction

                Dun and Bradstreet Seminar

                Environmental Remote Sensing

                Environmental Risk Assessment

                EPA Institute Instructor Training

                Ethics and Conflict of Interest

                Expert Witness Seminar

                First Aid and CPR Training

                Framework of Supervision

                Freedom of Information Act Training

                Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction

                Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
                Their Application at Superfund Sites

                Hazardous Materials Response for First
                Responders

                Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

                Hazardous Waste Site Sampling

                Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods

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               Inspecting Buildings for Asbestos-Containing
               Materials

               Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

               Keys to Managerial Excellence

               Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction

               Management of Construction In the Superfund
               Program

               Multlmate Advantage II—An Introduction

               Multlmate Advantage II—Workshop I

               New Employee Orientation

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
               Seminar

               Personnel Protection and Safety

               Pesticide Misuse Residue

               Procurement under Superfund—An Introduction

               Project Officer Training

               RCRA Facilities Investigations Guidance Train-
               ing

               Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
               Workshop

               Response Safety Decision-Making

               Risk and Decision-Making

               Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives

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                Timekeeping

                Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
                surface

                Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

         Region 5	

                Advanced Proofreading

                Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials

                Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
                fund Waste Sites

                Basic Groundwater Concepts

                Basic Proofreading

                Basic Respiratory Protection Training

                Career Planning and Development

                CERCLA Orientation

                Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
                and Skills

                Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
                ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
                Order Officers

                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

                Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives

                Correspondence Formats and Procedures

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               dBase III—Advanced

               dBase III—An Introduction

               dBase III—An Introduction

               Development of Subordinates

               Effective Leadership Techniques

               Effective Permit Writing Workshop

               Effective Public Relations

               Emergency First Aid

               Environmental Data Bases—An Introduction

               Environmental Law—An Introduction

               EPA Institute Instructor Training

               Ergonomic Skills Training

               Ethics and Conflict of Interest

               Expert Witness Seminar

               Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act

               Federal Women's Program (FWP) Manager
               Workshops I and II

               Federally Employed Women National Training
               Program

               Filing

               First Aid and CPR Training

               Focus Application Development

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                Focus Reporting

                Framework of Supervision

                Freedom of Information Act Training

                Grammar: The Written and Spoken Word

                Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction

                Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
                Their Application at Superfund Sites

                Hazardous Materials Response for First
                Responders

                Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

                Human Relations Training

                IBM Full-Screen Processing—Advanced

                IBM Full-Screen Processing—An Introduction

                IBM Job Control Language—An Introduction

                Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods

                Interview Techniques

                Introduction to Quality Assurance, Quality Con-
               trol, and Chain of Custody

               Introduction to Wetlands

                ISPF Dialog Manager

               ISPF for IBM Users

               Keys to Managerial Excellence

                Laboratory Safety Training

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               Leading Meetings

               Lotus 1-2-3—Advanced

               Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction

               Making of a Leader

               McGraw-Hill Supervision Series

               Motor Vehicle Safety/Defensive Driving Training

               Negotiation Skills

               New Employee Orientation

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
               Seminar

               PCs for Executives

               Personal Computer Basics

               Personnel Management for EEO Staff

               Personnel Management for EEO Staff

               Personnel Protection and Safety

               Prime Text

               Procurement under Superfund—An Introduction

               Professionalism in the Office

               Program Evaluation Techniques

               Project Officer Training

               RCRA Facilities Investigation Guidance Training

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               Reading Comprehension

               Records Disposition

               Remedial Design Schedule Management—An In-
               troduction

               Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
               Workshop

               Report Planning and Review Workshop

               Response Safety Decision-Making

               Risk and Decision-Making

               Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO

               Safety in the Field

               Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives

               Supervisory Personnel Management Workshop

               Telephone Training

               Time Management

               Timekeeping

               Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
               surface

               Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

               TSO for Full-Screen Users

               TSO for Non-Full Screen Users

               TSO/ISPF for Programmers—An Introduction

               WordPerfect—An Introduction

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               Writing Command Lists (CLists)

         Region 6	

               Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials

               Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
               fund Waste Sites

               CERCLA Orientation

               Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
               and Skills

               Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
               ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
               Order Officers

               Contract Administration Training for Super-
               visors and Managers

               Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives

               Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills

               Environmental Law—An Introduction

               Environmental Risk Assessment

               EPA Institute Instructor Training

               Ethics and Conflict of Interest

               Expert Witness Seminar

               First Aid and CPR Training

               Framework of Supervision

               Freedom of Information Act Training

               Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction

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                Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
                Their Application at Superfund Sites

                Hazardous Materials Response for First
                Responders

                Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

                Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods

                Keys to Managerial Excellence

                Management of Construction in the Superfund
                Program

                Negotiation Skills

                New Employee Orientation

                1986 Risk Assessment  Guidelines Core Briefing

                1986 Risk Assessment  Guidelines Managers
                Seminar

                OSC/RPM Basic Skills

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Project Officer Training

                Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
                Workshop

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Retirement Planning Seminar

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Supervision (Zenger-Miller)

                Timekeeping

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               Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
               surface

               Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

               Working (Zenger-Miller)

         Region 7	

               Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials

               Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
               fund Waste Sites

               CERCLA Orientation

               Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
               ficers. Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
               Order Officers

               Contract Administration Training for Super-
               visors and Managers

               E-Mail—Introduction to Electronic Mall

               Electronic Mall—Advanced

               Environmental Risk Assessment

               EPA Institute Instructor Training

               Ethics and Conflict of Interest

               Expert Witness Seminar

               First Aid and CPR Training

               Framework of Supervision

               Freedom of Information Act Training

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                Hazardous Materials Response for First
                Responders

                Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

                Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods

                Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

                Interview Skills Workshop for Recruiters

                Keys to Managerial Excellence

                Negotiation Skills

                New Employee Orientation

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
                Seminar

                Personally and Professionally Speaking

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Project Officer Training

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Sampling for Hazardous Materials

                Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives

                Supervision (Zenger-Miller)

                Timekeeping

                Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
                surface

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               Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

         Region 8	

               Career Management Workshop

               CERCLA Orientation

               Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
               and Skills

               Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
               ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
               Order Officers

               Contract Administration Training for Super-
               visors and Managers

               Environmental Risk Assessment

               EPA Institute Instructor Training

               Ethics and Conflict of Interest

               Expert Witness Seminar

               First Aid and CPR Training

               Framework of Supervision

               Freedom of Information Act Training

               Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction

               Hazardous Materials Response for First
               Responders

               Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

               Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods

               Keys  to Managerial Excellence

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                New Employee Orientation

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
                Seminar

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Project Officer Training

                Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
                Workshop

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Sampling for Hazardous Materials

                Systematic Development of Informed Consent

                Timekeeping

                Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
                surface

                Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

         Region 9

                Air Management Division Lecture Series

                Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials

                Air Toxics—An Introduction

                Alternate Dispute-Resolution Techniques

                Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
                fund Waste Sites

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               AutoCad for Computer Graphics

               AutoCad Version 9 Update

               Better Office Skills and Services

               Career Management Workshop

               CERCLA Orientation

               Clerical Skills Review

               Compliance Monitoring

               Congressional/State Liaison Workshop

               Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
               ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
               Order Officers

               Contract Administration Training for Super-
               visors and Managers

               Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives

               Correspondence Formats and Procedures

               Creative Problem-Solving

               dBase III Lab

               dBase III—Advanced

               dBase III—An Introduction

               Disaster Response Training

               E-Mail—Introduction to Electronic Mail

               Earthquake Preparedness Training

               Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills

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                Environmental Data Bases—An Introduction

                EPA Institute Instructor Training

                Ethics and Conflict of Interest

                Expert Witness Seminar

                Financial Planning Seminar

                First Aid and CPR Training

                Framework of Supervision

                Freedom of Information Act Training

                Frontline Leadership

                Groundwater Geochemistry—An Introduction

                Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction

                Groundwater Management Modeling

                Hazardous Materials Incident Response Opera-
                tions

                Hazardous Materials Response for First
                Responders

                Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

                Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods

                Information Exchange Seminar (USGS-EPA)

                Initial Health and Safety Certification Training

                Job Analysis Process

                Keys to Managerial Excellence

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               Laptops for Managers

               Lotus 1-2-3 Lab

               Lotus 1-2-3 Macros

               Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction

               Management of Construction In the Superfund
               Program

               Media Relations Workshop

               Minority/Women's Business Enterprise
               (M/WBE) Workshop

               Negotiation Skills

               New Employee Orientation

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
               Seminar

               Orientation to Schedule B

               OSC/RPM Basic Skills

               PCs for Executives

               Performance Management System (PMS)

               Personnel Protection and Safely

               Presentation Graphics

               Principles of Groundwater

               Procurement under Superfund~An Introduction

               Project Officer Training

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                RCRA Facilities Investigation Guidance Training

                RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enfor-
                cement Personnel

                Recertification Health and Safety Training

                Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
                Workshop

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO

                Sampling for Hazardous Materials

                SF-171 Preparation Workshop

                Strengthening the Audit Management Ability of
                EPA Managers

                Stress Management

                Summer Employment Briefing

                Superfund Workshop for Managers

                Supervisory Orientation Program

                Systematic Development of Informed Consent

               Technical Writing for Engineers, Scientists, and
               Technicians

                3270-Type Communications for PCs and Telex
               Terminals

               Timekeeping

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               Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
               surface

               Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

               Water Management Division Lecture Series

               Wordstar 2000 Basics

               Wordstar 2000 for Managers

               Wordstar 2000 for New Users

               Wordstar 2000 Lab

               Wordstar 2000—Intermediate

               Working (Zenger-Miller)

               Workshop for Workers at Superfund Sites

         Region 10	

               Administrative Hearings/Trials

               Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials

               Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
               fund Waste Sites

               Annual Hazardous Waste Law and Management
               Symposium

               Basic Proofreading

               Basic Respiratory Protection Training

               Better Office Skills and Services

               CERCLA Orientation

               Characteristics of Success

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                Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
                and Skills

                Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
                ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
                Order Officers

                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

                dBase III Plus—An Introduction

                E-Mail—Introduction to Electronic Mail

                Electronic Mail—Advanced

                Environmental Risk Assessment

                EPA Institute Instructor Training

                Ethics and Conflict of Interest

                Expert Witness Seminar

                First Aid and CPR Training

                Framework of Supervision

                Freedom of Information Act Training

                Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction

                Hands-On Basic Wang Training, Parts I and II

                Hazardous Materials Incident Response Opera-
                tions

                Hazardous Materials Response for First
                Responders

                Hazardous Materials Response Planning and
                Operations Course

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               Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

               Health and Safety Orientation

               How To Prepare an SF-182

               IBM ISPF/TSO/SDSF—An Introduction

               Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods

               Keys to Managerial Excellence

               Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction

               Management of Construction in the Superfund
               Program

               Motor Vehicle Safety/Defensive Driving Training

               Multimate

               Negotiation Skills

               New Employee Orientation

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
               Seminar

               Nonpublic Investigations Pursuant to Subpoena
               or Similar Process or Demand

               Office Management

               Other People Aren't Like Me. Why? (Myers-
               Briggs Type Indicator)

               PC Communications—An Introduction

               PC Graphics—An Overview

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                Personnel Information Series

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Planning for Career Advancement

                Professionalism in the Office

                Project Officer Training

                Proofreading: Your Role as Writer/Editor

                Refresher Respiratory Protection Training

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Risk Assessment in Superfund

                Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO

                Safety Orientation for New Employees

                Safety Refresher Training Course

                Sampling for Hazardous Materials

                Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
                Training

                Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives

                Stress Management

                Summer Wellness Lecture Series

                Supervision (Zenger-Miller)

                Systematic Development of Informed Consent

                Talking with the Press

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               Telephone Training

               Timekeeping

               Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
               surface

               Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

               Wang Advanced Functions and Utilities

               Wang Basics on Video, Parts I and II

               Wang Coordinator

               Wang Glossary

               Wang Logon/WP Plus Access to Conference
               Room Schedule

               Wang Networking/Printing Systems

               Wang Software Options

               Wang's Standard Editor vs. WP PLUS Editor

               Wordstar

               WP PLUS-Advanced

               WP PLUS-An Introduction to Wang's New OIS
               Editor

               WP PLUS--Intermediate

               Writing Effective Letters

         Ann Arbor	

               Career Management Workshop

               CERCLA Orientation

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                Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
                ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
                Order Officers

                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

                Development of Subordinates

                EPA Institute Instructor Training

                Ethics and Conflict of Interest

                Expert Witness Seminar

                First Aid and CPR Training

                Framework of Supervision

                Freedom of Information Act Training

                Hazardous Materials Response for First
                Responders

                Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

                Keys to Managerial Excellence

                New Employee Orientation

                1986 Risk Assessment  Guidelines Core Briefing

                1986 Risk Assessment  Guidelines Managers
                Seminar

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Project Officer Training

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Retirement Planning Seminar

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               Risk and Decision-Making

               Supervision (Zenger-Miller)

               Technical Writing

               Timekeeping

               Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
               surface

               Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

         Cincinnati

               Applied Statistics

               Biotechnology Seminars

               Black History Month Seminar

               Career Checkup

               CERCLA Orientation

               Certified Professional Secretaries (CPS) Program

               Chemodynamics

               Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
               ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
               Order Officers

               Contract Administration Training for Super-
               visors and Managers

               Contract Administration Training for Super-
               visors and Managers

               CPR

               dBase III Plus—An Introduction

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                Dynamics of Team Work

                Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills

                Effective People Skills

                EPA Institute Instructor Training

                EPA-University of Cincinnati Seminars on the
                Environment

                Ethics and Conflict of Interest

                Expert Witness Seminar

                Financial Planning Seminar

                First Aid and CPR Training

                Framework of Supervision

                Freedom of Information Act Training

                Handicapped/Veterans Employment Seminar

                Hazardous Materials Response for First
                Responders

                Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

                Health Awareness and Education Seminar

                Keys to Managerial Excellence

                Laboratory Safety Training

                Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction

                Multimedia First Aid

                New Employee Orientation

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                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
                Seminar

                Ordering Officers

                Personal Computer Basics

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Personnel Supervisory Seminar Series

                Project Officer Training

                Project Officer Training for Grants and Coopera-
                tive Agreements

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Retirement Planning Seminar

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Supervision (Zenger-Miller)

                Technical Writing

                Telephone Training

                Timekeeping

                Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
                surface

                Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

                Women's Week Programs

         Los Vegas	

                CERCLA Orientation

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                Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
                ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
                Order Officers

                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

                EEO Coordinators Training

                EEO Training for Counselors

                EEO Training for Employees

                EPA Institute Instructor Training

                Ethics and Conflict of Interest

                Expert Witness Seminar

                First Aid and CPR Training

                Framework of Supervision

                Freedom of Information Act Training

                Hazardous Materials Response for First
                Responders

                Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

                Keys to Managerial Excellence

                New Employee Orientation

                1986 Risk Assessment  Guidelines Core Briefing

                1986 Risk Assessment  Guidelines Managers
                Seminar

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Prevention of Sexual Harassment

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                Project Officer Training

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Timekeeping

                Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
                surface

                Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

                Working (Zenger-Miller)

         Research Triangle Park	

                Accelerated Reading

                ADP—An Introduction

                Better Office Skills and Services

                CERCLA Orientation

                Congressional Briefing Conference for
                Secretaries and Support Staff

                Congressional Briefing Conference for Profes-
                sionals

                Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
                ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
                Order Officers

                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

                CPR

                Creative Problem-Solving

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                dBase III Labels



                dBase III—An Introduction



                dBase III—Intermediate



                E-Mail—Introduction to Electronic Mail



                Economics and Public Policy




                Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills



                Effective Job Interviewing Skills



                Effective Listening and Memory Development



                Electronic Mail—Advanced



                Environmental Risk Assessment



                EPA Institute Instructor Training




                Ethics and Conflict of Interest



                Executive Development Seminar



                Expert Witness Seminar



                Federal Personnel Management Issues



                Federal Program Management



                First Aid and CPR Training



                Framework of Supervision



                Freedom of Information Act Training



                Freelance—An Introduction



                Graphwriter

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               Hazardous Materials Response for First
               Responders

               Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

               High-Speed File Transfer

               Interpersonal Communications

               Keys to Managerial Excellence

               Labor Relations Briefing

               Laser Printing

               Leadership and Women

               Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction

               Lotus 1-2-3—Intermediate

               Lotus Regression

               Mailmerge

               Management Development Seminar

               Management of National Resources

               Management of Scientific and Engineering Per-
               sonnel

               Managerial Decision-Making

               Managing Office Relationships

               Middle Manager Seminar

               National Security Policy

               New Employee Orientation

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                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
                Seminar

                Office Productivity

                PC Communications—An Introduction

                PC DOS

                Personal Computer Basics

                Performance Appraisal Techniques

                Personnel Management for EEO Staff

                Personnel Management for EEO Staff

                Personnel Management for Management

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Pre-Action Investigations

                Project Management for the Scientist and En-
                gineer

                Project Officer Training

                Regulatory Policy Seminar

                Report Writing

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Retirement Planning Seminar

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Science, Technology, and Public Policy

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                Secretarial Decision-Making

                Seminar for New Managers

                Supervision (Zenger-Miller)

                Supervision—An Introduction

                Technical Managers Program

                Technical Writing

                Telephone Training

                Timekeeping

                Toward Excellence

                Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
                surface

                Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

                Understanding Supervision

                United States Foreign Policy

                Writing Effective Letters

         APT!	

                Advanced Inspection Techniques

                Air Pollution Control Orientation Course (3rd
                Edition)

                Air Pollution Control Systems for Selected In-
                dustries

                Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Application

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               Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Fundamental
                Concepts

               Air Pollution Field Enforcement

               Air Pollution Microscopy

               Air Toxics—An Introduction

               Ambient Air Monitoring—An Introduction (2nd
               Edition)

               Analytical Methods for Air Quality Standards

               Atmospheric Sampling

               Baghouse Plan Review

               Baseline Source Inspection Techniques

               Baseline Source Inspection Techniques—An In-
               troduction

               Basic Air Pollution Meteorology

               Boiler Operation—An Introduction

               Chain-of-Custody Procedures for Samples and
               Data

               Combustion Evaluation

               Control of Gaseous Emissions

               Control of Particulate Emissions

               Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking
               Process Equipment

               Diagnosing Vegetation Injury Caused by Air Pol-
               lution

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               Dispersion Modeling—An Introduction

               Effective Permit Writing Workshop

               Effective Stack Height/Plume Rise

               Electrostatic Precipitator Plan Review

               Environmental Statistics—An Introduction

               Fugitive VOC Leak Detection

               Fundamentals of Effective Permit Drafting and
               Analysis

               General Quality Assurance Considerations for
               Ambient Air Monitoring

               Hazardous Waste Calculations

               Hazardous Waste Calculations Workshop

               Hazardous Waste Incineration

               Inspection Procedures and Safety

               Inspection Procedures for Organic Solvent Metal-
               Cleaning (Degreasing) Operations

               Measuring the Emission of Organic Compounds
               to the Atmosphere

               Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Antitampering
               and Misfueling

               Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Diagnosis and
               Repair

               Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Quality As-
               surance for I/M Programs

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                New Source Performance Standards: Surface-
                Coating Operations

                Overview of PSD Regulations

                Principles and Practice of Air Pollution Control

                Problem Workbook for Control of Gaseous and
                Particulate Emissions

                Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measure-
                ment Systems

                Quality Assurance for Source Emission
                Measurements

                Reference and Automated Equivalent Measure-
                ment Methods for Ambient Air Monitoring

                Site Selection for Monitoring of Photochemical
                Pollutants and CO in Ambient Air

                Site Selection for Monitoring of SO2 and TSP in
                Ambient Air

                Site-Specific Source Monitoring and Evaluation
                for Air Toxics

                Source Receptor Modeling Workshop

                Source Receptor Modeling—An Introduction

                Source Sampling and Analysis of Gaseous Pol-
                lutants

                Source Sampling for Particulate Pollutants

                Source Sampling Programs for Programmable
                Calculators—EPA Reference Methods 2 through
                5

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                Sources and Control of Volatile Organic Air Pol-
                lutants

                Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of Air
                Toxics Monitoring Data

                Statistical Evaluation Methods for Air Pollution
                Data

                Transmissometer Systems—Operation and
                Maintenance

                Wet Scrubber Plan Review

         Headquarters Institute	

                Administrative Hearings/Trials

                Basic Proofreading

                Basic Writing and Grammar for Secretaries and
                Support Staff

                Be a Better Writer

                Career Management Workshop

                CERCLA Orientation

                Clear Business Writing

                Congressional Briefing Conference for Profes-
                sionals

                Congressional Briefing Conference for
                Secretaries and Support Staff

                Consensual Approaches to Environmental
                Management

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                Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
                ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
                Order Officers

                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

                Contract Administration Training for Super-
                visors and Managers

                Control Measures of CO, Oa, and NOx

                Course Design

                CPR

                Data Quality Objectives

                DATAHEALTH—Ergonomlc Training for VDT
                Operators

                Detecting and Preventing Fraud in EPA
                Programs and Contracts

                Drafting Effective Regulations

                Effective Listening and Memory Development

                Environmental Movies and Broadcasts

                EPA Institute Instructor Training

                EPA Trial Advocacy Institute

                Epidemiology

                Ethics and Conflict of Interest

                Expert Systems

                Expert Witness Seminar

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               Federal Register

               Financial Planning Seminar

               First Aid and CPR Training

               Framework of Supervision

               Freedom of Information Act Training

               FreshStart

               Funds Certifying Officer Training

               Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction

               Groundwater Modeling for Managers

               Hazard Communication

               Hazardous Materials Response for First
               Responders

               Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

               Hazardous Waste Management

               How To Get Control of Your Time and Your Job

               Human Exposure  Seminars

               Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

               Interpersonal Communications

               Interview Skills Workshop for Recruiters

               Keys to Managerial Excellence

               Leadership and Women

               Manager and Supervisor as Editor

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                Managing Conflict Productivity

                Managing for Results

                Managing Office Relationships

                Negotiation Skills

                Negotiation Skills for Attorneys

                New Employee Orientation

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing

                1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
                Seminar

                Office Automation Concepts for Secretaries and
                Support Staff

                Office Management

                Office Procedures Workshop for Secretaries and
                Support Staff

                Orientation to Quality Assurance Management

                Personnel Protection and Safety

                Professionalism in the Office

                Project Management for the Scientist and En-
                gineer

                Project Officer Training

                Project Officer Training for Grants and Coopera-
                tive Agreements

                Radiation and Radon

                Regulation Development in EPA

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                Remedial Design Schedule Management—An In-
                troduction

                Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
                Workshop

                Report Planning and Review Workshop

                Report Writing

                Response Safety Decision-Making

                Retirement Planning Seminar

                Risk and Decision-Making

                Risky Decisions

                Secretary and the Supervisor

                Situational Leadership: The Other 59 Minutes

                SpeechCraft

                Statistics for Managers

                Stress Management

                Supervision (Zenger-Miller)

                Supervisory Training for Secretaries and Ad-
                ministrative Assistants

                Survival Skills for Secretarial Staff

                Systematic Development of Informed Consent

                Three  P's of Briefing: Presentation, Polish, and
                Persuasion (Level I)

                Three  P's of Briefing: The Inner Game  (Level H)

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               Time Management

               Timekeeping

               Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
               surface

               Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
               surface

               Travel (Lodgings-Plus)

               Understanding Supervision

               Your Image—Making the Most of You

         OSWER	

               Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
               fund Waste Sites

               Assessment and Management of Drinking Water
               Contamination

               CERCLA Orientation

               CERCLIS Enforcement Overview

               Community Relations In Superfund: Concepts
               and Skills

               Construction Management Evaluation

               Customized CERCLIS Reporting

               Geophysics for Hazardous Site Investigations

               Hazard Ranking System

               Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
               Their Application at

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               Superfund Sites

               Citizen Participation by Objectives

               Compliance Strategy for Underground Storage
               Tanks

               Construction of RCRA Groundwater Monitoring
               Wells

               Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives

               Hazardous Waste Landfill Design

               Hazardous Waste Minimization Methods and
               Procedures

               Incinerator Permitting

               Laboratory Compliance with RCRA

               Land Disposal Restriction Program Implementa-
               tion

               Management of Construction in the Superfund
               Program

               OSC/RPM Basic Skills Training

               OWPE Corrective Action Order Workshop

               Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) Search
               Workshop

               Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigations

               Public Involvement Training

               RCRA Facilities Investigation Guidance Training

               RCRA Facility Assessment

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               RCRA Groundwater Monitoring:  Use of the
               TEGD and COG

               RCRA Inspector Training

               RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enfor-
               cement Personnel

               RCRA/CERCLA Treatment Alternatives to Hazar-
               dous Waste Landfills

               Remedial Design Schedule Management—An In-
               troduction

               Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
               Workshop

               SARA Title III Information Management
               Workshops

               Skills Development in Negotiation of
               CERCLA/RCRA Disputes

               Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives

               Superfund Enforcement Case Settlement
               Analysis System

               Superfund Public Health Evaluation

               Systematic Development of Informed Consent

               Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
               surface

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                                   Index

A
Accelerated Reading                      131
Acid Rain: An Overview                    25
Activated Sludge Process Control            63
ADA Basic Groundwater Course             83
Administration of Public Policy             179
Administrative Forms Preparation          159
Administrative Hearings/Trials              95
Administrative Procedures
for Small Purchase Procurement            233
Advanced Inspection Techniques             95
Advanced Management Seminar            179
Advanced Proofreading                    159
Advanced Supervision of Asbestos
Abatement Projects (Annual Update Course)   37
Advocacy/ Oral Presentation Seminar       213
Air Management Division Lecture Series       7
Air Pollution Control Orientation
Course (3rd Edition)                      259
Air Pollution Control Systems for
Selected Industries                       259

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               Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Application  7

               Air Pollution Dispersion Models-
               Fundamental Concepts                     8

               Air Pollution Field Enforcement             96

               Air Pollution Microscopy                    8

               Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials     37

               Air Toxics                                 8

               Air Toxics—An Introduction                 9

               Air Toxics Workshops                       9

               Alternate Dispute Resolution Techniques     96

               Alternative Treatment Technologies
               for Superfund Waste Sites                  63

               Ambient Air Monitoring—An Introduction
               (2nd Edition)                            260

               Analytical Methods for Air Quality Standards  9

               Analytical Quality Control               47, 83

               Annual Hazardous Waste Law
               andManagement Symposium               97

               Applied Statistics                         25

               Asbestos Management Planner              38

               Asbestos Removal in the Home:
               What You Need To Know                  131

               Assessment and Management
               of Drinking Water Contamination           83

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               Atmospheric Sampling                      10


               B

               Baghouse Plan Review                    260

               Baseline Source Inspection Techniques—
               An Introduction                           97

               Basic Air Pollution Meteorology            260

               Basic Environmental Toxicology             26

               Basic Groundwater Concepts               84

               Basic Inspector Training Course             98

               Basic Introductory Courses                247

               Basic Labor Relations                     180

               Basic Management Techniques            180

               Basic Procurement                       233

               Basic Proofreading                       159

               Basic Respiratory Protection Training       115

               Basic Writing and Grammar
               for Secretaries and Support Staff           160

               Basics of Program/Project Management     181

               Be a Better Writer                        213

               Better Office Skills and Services            160

               Bioremediation of Hazardous Waste Sites    64

               Biotechnology Seminars                    26

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               Black History Month Seminar              132

               Boiler Operation—An Introduction          261

               Budget Process                           233


               c

               Cardlo-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)      115

               Career Checkup                          132

               Career Development for Secretarial
               and Support Staff                   132. 161

               Career Management Workshop             133

               Career Planning and Development          133

               CERCLA Orientation                       64

               CERCLIS Enforcement Overview             65

               Certified Professional Secretaries
               (CPS) Program                           161

               Chain-of-Custody Procedures
               for Samples and Data                     270

               Characteristics of Success                 134

               Chemodynamics                          26

               Citizen Participation by Objectives          214

               Clear Business Writing                    214

               Clerical Skills Review                     161

               Combustion Evaluation                    10

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               Community Relations In Superfund:
               Concepts and Skills                      215

               Compliance Monitoring                    98

               Compliance Strategy for Underground
               Storage Tanks                            27

               Congressional Briefing Conference
               for Professionals                         181

               Congressional Briefing Conference
               for Secretaries and Support Staff           162

               Congressional/State Liaison Workshop      215

               Consensual Approaches to Environmental
               Management                             182

               Construction Management Evaluation      182

               Construction of RCRA Groundwater
               Monitoring Wells                         271

               Contract Administration Training
               forProject Officers, Work Assignment
               Managers, and Delivery Order Officers      234

               Contract Administration Training
               forSupervisors and Managers               235

               Control Measures for CO, Oa, and NOX       11

               Control of Gaseous Emissions               11

               Control of Particulate Emissions             12

               Controlling VOC Emissions from
               Leaking Process Equipment           261, 274

               Corrective Action:
               Technologies and Alternatives               65

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               Correspondence Formats and Procedures    162

               Course Design                           134

               CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation)      134

               CPR and Emergency Response First Aid     135

               Creative Problem Solving                  135

               Criminal Enforcement                      99

               Current Issues Seminars                  183

               Customized CERCLIS Reporting             66


               D

               Data Quality Objectives                    47

               Databases                               248

               DATAHEALTH—Ergonomic Training
               for VDT Operators                        135

               Dealing with Sexual Harassment:
               A Briefing for Supervisors and Managers     183

               Detecting and Preventing Fraud in EPA
               Programs and Contracts                   235

               Development of Subordinates              184

               Diagnosing Vegetation Injury Caused
               by Air Pollution                          262

               Disaster Response Training                115

               Dispersion Modeling—An Introduction      262

               Drafting Effective Regulations               99

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                Dun and Bradstreet Seminar               100

                Dynamics of Team Work                   184


                E

                Earthquake Preparedness Briefing          116

                Economics and Public Policy                185

                EEO Coordinators Training                 136

                EEO Training for Counselors               136

                EEO Training for Employees                137

                Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills     215

                Effective Job Interviewing Skills
                for Support Staff                          162

                Effective Leadership Techniques             185

                Effective Listening
                and Memory Development                  137

                Effective People Skills                      138

                Effective Permit Writing Workshop           100

                Effective Public Relations                   216

                Effective Stack Height/Plume Rise           262

                Effective Writing for Professionals           216

                Electronic Spreadsheets                    248

                Electrostatic Precipitator Plan Review        263

                Emergency First Aid                       116

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               Environmental Data Bases—
               An Introduction                          27

               Environmental Law—An Introduction        100

               Environmental Movies and Broadcasts       217

               Environmental Radon                     12

               Environmental Remote Sensing             66

               Environmental Risk Assessment            55

               Environmental Statistics—An Introduction   269

               Environmental Studies Program            163

               EPA Institute Instructor Training           138

               EPA Trial Advocacy Institute               101

               EPA-University of Cincinnati Seminars
               on the Environment                       28

               EPA's External Communications:Dealing-
               Effectively with Outside Constituencies      217

               Epidemiology                             28

               Ergonomic Skills Training                 138

               Ethics and Conflict of Interest              101

               Executive Development Seminar            186

               Expert Systems                          28

               Expert Witness Seminar                   102

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               F

               Fear of Success                          139

               Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act
               (FMFIA)                                  236

               Federal Personnel Management Issues       186

               Federal Program Management              187

               Federal Register                          102

               Federal Women's Program (FWP) Manager
               Workshops I and II                        187

               Federally Employed Women
               National Training Program                 139

               Field Instrumentation for Determination
               of Volatile Organic Chemicals in the
               Environment                              29

               Field Techniques for Characterization of
               Groundwater Hydrologic Environments      271

               Filing                                    163

               Financial Planning Seminar                140

               First Aid and CPR Training                 116

               First Aid in the Home and Office            141

               Framework for Supervision                 188

               Freedom of Information Act Training        103

               FreshStart                               141

               Frontline Leadership                      188

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               Fugitive VOC Leak Detection                13

               Fundamentals of Effective Permit Drafting
               and Analysis                            263

               Funds Certifying Officer Training           236
               General Quality AssuranceConsiderations
               for Ambient Air Monitoring             48, 264

               Geophysical Techniques for Finding Buried
               Waste: Techniques and Basic Theory         66

               Geophysics for Hazardous Site Investigations 67

               Giardiasis—Waterborne                    84

               Grammar and Punctuation                141

               Grammar of Clarity: Writing for Clericals,
               Engineers, and Administrative Staff        142

               Grammar: The Written and Spoken Word    142

               Graphics                                248

               Groundwater Geochemistry—An Introduction 85

               Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction 85

               Groundwater Management Modeling         86

               Groundwater Modeling for Managers         86

               Groundwater Orientation and Groundwater
               Protection Strategy                        86

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               H

               Handicapped/Veterans Employment
               Seminar                                 189

               Hazard Communication                   117

               Hazard Ranking System                   67

               Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies
               and Their Application at Superfund Sites    68

               Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning   38

               Hazardous Materials Incident Response
               Operations                               39

               Hazardous Materials Response for First
               Responders                              39

               Hazardous Materials Response Planning
               and Operations Course                    40

               Hazardous Waste Calculations          68, 264

               Hazardous Waste Calculations Workshop    13

               Hazardous Waste Incineration           13, 68

               Hazardous Waste Landfill Design            68

               Hazardous Waste Management              69

               Hazardous Waste Minimization Methods
               and Procedures                           69

               Hazardous Waste Site Sampling             70

               Health and Safety Orientation             117

               Health Awareness and Education Seminar  143

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               Healthy Back                            143

               How To Get Control of Your Time
               and Your Job                            143

               How To Prepare the SF-182                164

               Human Exposure Seminars                 29

               Human Relations Training                 189

               Human Resources/Affirmative Action Needs-
               Assessment Workshops: Communicating
               Across Gender, Race, and Culture in the
               Workplace                               218

               Human Side of Congressional Affairs        218

               Hydrogeology—An Introduction              87


               I

               Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods   40

               Incinerator Permitting                     104

               Information Exchange Seminar (USGS-EPA)   30

               Initial Health and Safety Certification
               Training                                 118

               Inspecting Buildings for Asbestos-Containing
               Materials                                 41

               Inspection Procedures and Safety           118

               Inspection Procedures for Organic Solvent
               Metal Cleaning (Degreaslng) Operations     274

               Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)     55

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               Internal Audit Survey Process              237

               Interpersonal Communications             144

               Interview Skills Workshop for Recruiters     189

               Interview Techniques                      190


               J

               Job Analysis Process                      190


               K

               Keys to Managerial Excellence              191


               L

               Labor Relations Briefings                   191

               Laboratory Compliance with RCRA          274

               Laboratory Safety Training                 118

               Land Disposal Restriction Program
               Implementation                           70

               Leadership and Women                    144

               Leading Meetings                         218

               Local Area Network (LAN) Courses          252

               Lunchtime Training Video Series            145

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               M

               Mainframe Courses                      251

               Making of a Leader                       164

               Management Development for Secretaries   164

               Management Development Seminar        191

               Management of Construction in the Superfund
               Program                                192

               Management of Natural Resources          193

               Management of Scientific and Engineering
               Personnel                               193

               Manager and Supervisor as Editor      193, 219

               Managerial Decision-Making               194

               Managing Conflict Productively            194

               Managing Diversity                      195

               Managing for Results                     195

               Managing Office Relationships             165

               McGraw-Hill Supervision Series            196

               Measuring the Emission of Organic
               Compounds to the Atmosphere            264

               Mechanisms of Carcinogens
               (Genetic Toxicology)                       30

               Media Relations Workshop               219

               Merit Promotion and Preparing an Effective
               SF-171                                 145

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               Microcomputers/Word Processors          247

               Middle Manager Seminar                  196

               Minicomputer Courses                    250

               Minority/Women's Business Enterprise
               (M/WBE) Workshop                      196

               Modeling To Determine the Aquifer Area
               Contributing Water to Production Wells-
               Recharge Area Modeling Concepts          272

               Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—
               Antitampering and Misfueling               14

               Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—
               Diagnosis and Repair                      15

               Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—
               Quality Assurance for I/M Programs      15, 48

               Motor Vehicle Safety/Defensive Driving
               Training                                119

               Multimedia First Aid                  119, 145


               N

               National Security Policy                   146

               Negotiation Skills                        220

               Negotiation Skills for Attorneys             104

               New Employee Orientation                 146

               New Source Performance Standards:
               Surface Coating Operations                265

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               New Sources Review/Prevention
               of Significant Deterioration Permitting
               Regulations for the Construction of New Sour-
               ces and Modifications of Sources
               of Air Pollution                          105

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines
               Core Briefing                              56

               1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines
               Manager's Seminar                         56

               Nonpublic Investigations Pursuant
               to Subpoena or Similar Process or Demand  105
               Office Automation Concepts for Secretaries
               and Support Staff                         165

               Office Management                        166

               Office Procedures Workshop
               for Support Staff                          166

               Office Productivity                         167

               Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants   272

               Ordering Officers                         237

               Organics                                  87

               Orientation to Quality Assurance
               Management                             48

               Orientation to Schedule B                  197

               OSC/RPM Basic Skills Training             71

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               Other People Aren't Like Me. Why?
               (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)               146

               Overview of PSD Regulations               275

               OWPE Corrective Action Order Workshop    106


               P

               Performance Anxiety                      147

               Performance Appraisal Techniques          197

               Performance Management and Recognition
               System (PMRS)                           198

               Performance Management System (PMS)     198

               Personal Property Management             238

               Personally and Professionally Speaking      220

               Personnel Information Series               147

               Personnel Management for EEO Staff        148

               Personnel Management for Management     198

               Personnel Protection and Safety            119

               Personnel Supervisory Seminar Series       199

               Pesticide Misuse Residue Analysis            41

               Planning for Career Advancement           148

               Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP)
               Search Workshop                         106

               Pre-Action Investigations                  148

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                Prellmlnaiy Assessment/Site Investigations
                (PA/SI)                                   71

                Prevention of Sexual Harassment            149

                Principles and Practice of Air Pollution
                Control                                   16

                Principles of Groundwater                  88

                Problem Workbook for Control of Gaseous
                and Particulate Emissions                  265

                Procurement under Superfund—
                An Introduction                           238

                Professionalism in the Office                167

                Program Evaluation Techniques             149

                Project Management                       199

                Project Management for the Scientist
                and Engineer                             200

                Project Officer Training                    239

                Project Officer Training for Grants
                and Cooperative Agreements                239

                Project Planning and Management
                of Geohydrologic Investigations             275

                Proofreading: Your Role as Writer/Editor    221

                Public Involvement Training                221

                Publishing and Presenting Technical
                Articles and Material                       222

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Index	363

               Q

               Quality Assurance for Air Pollution
               Measurement Systems                  16, 49

               Quality Assurance for Source Emission
               Measurements                        49,266

               Quality Assurance, Quality Control.
               and Chain of Custody—An Introduction     49


               R

               Radiation and Radon                      17

               RCRA Facilities Investigation (RFI) Guidance
               Training                                107

               RCRA Facility Assessment                  72

               RCRA Groundwater Monitoring:
               Use of the TEGD and COG              73, 88

               RCRA Inspector Training                  107

               RCRA Orientation Training for
               Permitting/Enforcement Personnel      73, 107

               RCRA/CERCLA Treatment Alternatives
               to Hazardous Waste Landfills               72

               Reading Comprehension                   168

               Recertification Health and Safety Training   120

               Records Disposition                      168

               Reference and Automated Equivalent
               Measurement Methods for Ambient Air
               Monitoring                              266

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               Refresher Respiratory Protection Training    120

               Regional Enforcement Seminar             109

               Regional Workshop In Contracts
               and IAG Administration                    240

               Regulation Development In EPA             108

               Regulatory Policy Seminar                  201

               Remedial Design Schedule Management—
               An Introduction                           74

               Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
               (RI/FS) Workshop                         74

               Report Planning and Review Workshop       222

               Report Writing                            223

               Response Safety Decision-Making           120

               Retirement Planning Seminar               150

               Risk and Decision-Making                  57

               Risk Assessment In Superfund              57

               Risky Decisions                           58

               Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO    201


               s

               Safety in the Field                         121

               Safety Orientation for New Employees        121

               Safety Refresher Training Course            122

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               Sampling for Hazardous Materials          42

               SARA Title III Information Management
               Workshops                               75

               Science Seminar Program                  31

               Science. Technology, and Public Policy      202

               Secretarial Decision-Making               168

               Secretary and the Supervisor              169

               Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
               (SCBA) Training                          122

               Seminar for New Managers                 202

               Sexual Harassment Update                150

               SF-171 Preparation Workshop              150

               Site Selection for Monitoring
               of Photochemical Pollutants and CO
               in Ambient Air                            267

               Site Selection for Monitoring of SO2
               and TSP In Ambient Air                   267

               Site-Specific Source Monitoring
               and Evaluation for Air Toxics               17

               Situational Leadership:
               The Other 59 Minutes                     203

               Skills Development  in Negotiation
               of CERCLA/RCRA Disputes            75, 109

               Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives         75

               Source Receptor Modeling—An Introduction  267

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               Source Receptor Modeling Workshop          18

               Source Sampling and Analysis
               of Gaseous Pollutants                       18

               Source Sampling for Particulate Pollutants    19

               Source Sampling Programs for Programmable
               Calculators—EPA Reference Methods 2
               through 5                               268

               Sources and Control of Volatile Organic
               Air Pollutants                              17

               Spanish Conversation                     151

               Special Emphasis Program Managers
               Training                                203

               Speechcraft                             223

               Statistical Analysis and Interpretation
               of Air Toxics Monitoring Data                19

               Statistical Evaluation Methods
               for Air Pollution Data                      20

               Statistics for Managers                31, 204

               Strengthening the Audit Management
               Ability of EPA Managers                  240

               Stress Management                      151

               Summer Employment Briefing             204

               Summer Wellness Lecture Series           151

               Superfund Enforcement Case Settlement
               Analysis System                         110

               Superfund Public Health Evaluation          76

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               Superfund Response Agreements Training  241

               Superfund Workshop for Managers          122

               Supervision—An Introduction              204

               Supervision and Group Performance        205

               Supervision (Zenger-Miller)                205

               Supervisory Orientation Program           205

               Supervisory Personnel Management
               Workshop                                206

               Supervisory Training for Secretaries
               and Administrative Assistants              169

               Survival Skills for Secretarial Staff          170

               Systematic Development
               of Informed Consent                       224


               T

               Talking with the Press                     224

               Tax Reform Act  of 1986                    152

               Technical Managers Program               206

               Technical Writing                         225

               Technical Writing for Engineers, Scientists,
               and Technicians                          225

               Telephone Training                       170

               Three P's of Briefing: Presentation,
               Polish, and Persuasion (Level I)             225

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               Three P's of Briefing: The Inner Game
               (Level II)                                 226
               Time Management                        152
               Timekeeping                             171
               Toward Excellence                        207
               Transmissometer Systems—Operation
               and Maintenance                         268
               Transport and Fate of Contaminants
               in the Subsurface                          88
               Travel (Lodgings-Plus)                    171

               u
               Understanding Supervision                207
               United States Foreign Policy              208

               w
               Water Management Division Lecture Series    88
               Wet Scrubber Plan Review                269
               Wetland Ecology from an EPA Perspective     89
               Wetlands—An Introduction                89
               Women's Week Programs                  153
               Word Processing                         249
               Working (Zenger-Miller)                  153
               Workshop for Workers at Superfund Sites   123

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               Writing Effective Letters                    227
               Writing Press Releases                     227

               Y
               Your Image—Making the Most of You       153

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